Re: [PATCH net-next v1] devlink: Make devlink_register to be void
From: Simon Horman
Date: Wed Sep 22 2021 - 08:01:38 EST
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:58:03AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> devlink_register() can't fail and always returns success, but all drivers
> are obligated to check returned status anyway. This adds a lot of boilerplate
> code to handle impossible flow.
>
> Make devlink_register() void and simplify the drivers that use that
> API call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
NFP portion:
Acked-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>