Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/gpio/gpio-sch311x: check return value of gpiochip_remove()

[Linus Walleij]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday 06 July 2014 02:52 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This patch eliminates the following warning
>>>
>>> drivers/gpio/gpio-sch311x.c: In function âsch311x_gpio_probeâ:
>>> drivers/gpio/gpio-sch311x.c:286:18: warning: ignoring return value of
>>> âgpiochip_removeâ, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
>>
>> gpiochip_remove() is to have its return value set to void in another
>> patch, so I'm not sure we need this one in the meantime?
>
>
> I also saw that patch from abdoulaye berthe<berthe.ab@xxxxxxxxx>  .
>
> If that is accepted its good. If not this may require.

Yeah I'll go remove that. Just working out the patch mechanics right now,
we'll probably remove all return value checks in v3.17 and then delete
the code in gpiolib in late v3.17 cycle or the next merge window.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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