Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change tty_port(standard)_install's return type

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Sep 12 2018 - 10:42:16 EST


On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:44:26 +0900
Jaejoong Kim <climbbb.kim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Many drivers with tty use the tty_stand_install(). But, there is no
> need to handle the error, since it always returns 0.


And what happens if another change means it can fail again. It's just a
property of the current implementation that it can't. It used to fail.

This seems to be a ton of unneccessary churn that will end up just having
to be reversed again some day in the future.

Alan