Re: [PATCH v1] driver core: Annotate dev_err_probe() with __must_check

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 18:55 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 08:44:30AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 13:44 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > -int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
> > > +int __must_check dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
> > 
> > Generally, the __must_check should go before the return type
> > and the extern isn't necessary and is also generally not used
> > in device.h, so I'd prefer:
> > 
> > __printf(3, 4)
> > __must_check int dev_err_probe(...);
> 
> I grepped the current code... I don't see support of your preference.
> Maybe I missed something? (I'm talking about include/*)

Hey Andy.

The __must_check location is just personal belief
as it makes grep significantly easier

<qualifiers> type function(args...)

is a much easier grep pattern than

<qualifiers> type <qualifiers> function(args...)

extern function declarations are generally unnecessary
and should be avoided.

cheers, Joe