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

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 08:29:25AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 18:18, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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, ...);
> 
> +Cc Stephen and Greg,
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Did this patch ended up in next somehow? I am surprised because now I
> got warnings for perfectly fine code:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-next/20200909155654.76fe3bd6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> 
> This creates simply false warnings instead of hints for "optimization".

Yes, it got merged into m y driver core tree.

I'll fix up the tty build warning, should be easy enough, the patch is
below.

thanks,

greg k-h
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diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
index fd95860cd661..cd1880715bad 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_bcm2835aux.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int bcm2835aux_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* register the port */
 	ret = serial8250_register_8250_port(&up);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "unable to register 8250 port\n");
+		ret = dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "unable to register 8250 port\n");
 		goto dis_clk;
 	}
 	data->line = ret;