[PATCH net-next 0/9] net: freescale: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

Michal Kubiak michal.kubiak at intel.com
Tue Mar 14 02:05:04 AEDT 2023


On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:36:44AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this patch set converts the platform drivers below
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale to the .remove_new() callback. Compared to the
> traditional .remove() this one returns void. This is a good thing because the
> driver core (mostly) ignores the return value and still removes the device
> binding. This is part of a bigger effort to convert all 2000+ platform
> drivers to this new callback to eventually change .remove() itself to
> return void.
> 
> The first two patches here are preparation, the following patches
> actually convert the drivers.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 

For entire series:
Reviewed-by: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak at intel.com>

> Uwe Kleine-König (9):
>   net: dpaa: Improve error reporting
>   net: fec: Don't return early on error in .remove()
>   net: dpaa: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: fec: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: fman: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: fs_enet: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: fsl_pq_mdio: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: gianfar: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   net: ucc_geth: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c        |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c             | 11 ++++-------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx.c          |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_mpc52xx_phy.c      |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c             |  5 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c |  5 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c  |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c      |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fsl_pq_mdio.c          |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c              |  6 ++----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c             |  6 ++----
>  11 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> 
> base-commit: fe15c26ee26efa11741a7b632e9f23b01aca4cc6
> -- 
> 2.39.1
> 


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