Re: [PATCH 5/5] spi: make remove callback a void function

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 6:54 PM Uwe Kleine-König
<u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The value returned by an spi driver's remove function is mostly ignored.
> (Only an error message is printed if the value is non-zero that the
> error is ignored.)
>
> So change the prototype of the remove function to return no value. This
> way driver authors are not tempted to assume that passing an error to
> the upper layer is a good idea. All drivers are adapted accordingly.
> There is no intended change of behaviour, all callbacks were prepared to
> return 0 before.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  drivers/spi/spi-slave-system-control.c                |  3 +--
>  drivers/spi/spi-slave-time.c                          |  3 +--
>  drivers/spi/spi.c                                     | 11 ++---------
>  drivers/spi/spidev.c                                  |  4 +---

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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