Re: [PATCH net-next v1] devlink: Make devlink_register to be void

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Sep 22 2021 - 09:22:53 EST


On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:58:03 +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>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>