Re: [PATCH v2] HID: hiddev: change hiddev_connect() to return bool

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

2015-10-09 22:00 GMT+09:00 Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Since hid_connect() only cares about hiddev_connect() succeeding or
> failing, there is no need for this function to return an int and it can
> return a bool instead.

It can return bool but it would not be in line with kernel coding
style. The hiddev_connect() I believe is an action, so "the function
should return an error-code integer.".

Best regards,
Krzysztof

>
> Suggested-by: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi,
>
> No idea why my local build did not complain about the obvious mistake
> on the previous version of the patch.
>
> Sorry about that,
> Luis
>
>  drivers/hid/hid-core.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c | 10 +++++-----
>  include/linux/hid.h         |  2 +-
>  include/linux/hiddev.h      |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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