Re: [PATCH 0/5] clocksource: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 13/03/2023 08:54, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this patch series adapts the platform drivers below drivers/clk
> to use the .remove_new() callback. Compared to the traditional .remove()
> callback .remove_new() returns no value. This is a good thing because
> the driver core doesn't (and cannot) cope for errors during remove. The
> only effect of a non-zero return value in .remove() is that the driver
> core emits a warning. The device is removed anyhow and an early return
> from .remove() usually yields a resource leak.
>
> Most clocksource drivers are not supposed to be removed. Two drivers are
> adapted here to actually prevent removal. One driver is fixed not to
> return an error code in .remove() and then the two remaining drivers
> with a remove callback are trivially converted to .remove_new().

Applied and fixed up patch #2


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