Re: [PATCH] fs/partitions/check.c: add_partition() warning fixes (take 4)

From: WANG Cong
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 09:07:33 EST


On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 02:19:53PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:50:16 +0800,
>WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:38:47PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote:
>> >This patch fixes these warnings:
>> >
>> >fs/partitions/check.c: In function 'add_partition':
>> >fs/partitions/check.c:391: warning: ignoring return value of 'kobject_add',
>> > declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>> >fs/partitions/check.c:394: warning: ignoring return value of
>> > 'sysfs_create_link', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>> >fs/partitions/check.c:401: warning: ignoring return value of
>> > 'sysfs_create_file', declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>> >
>> >Got it right this time. Thanks Cornelia for help.
>> >
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> This was already done some months ago, see this:
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=117624330000536&w=2
>>
>> I don't know why this work is duplicated.
>
>Ha, that may explain my feeling of deja vu...
>
>IIRC, Andrew dropped the patch from -mm due to clashes with other
>patches. Did you try to re-submit it?

I see. I knew there was another patch against these code.
I thought Andrew's tools can deal with this, but it seems the fact is not.
Managing patches is really a hard work.

And this patch looks OK for me, too. Thanks!

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