Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: Make clocksource register functions void
Yijing,
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, David Laight wrote:
> From: Linuxppc-dev Tony Prisk
> > On 23/01/14 20:12, Yijing Wang wrote:
> > > Currently, clocksource_register() and __clocksource_register_scale()
> > > functions always return 0, it's pointless, make functions void.
> > > And remove the dead code that check the clocksource_register_hz()
> > > return value.
> > ..
> > > -static inline int clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
> > > +static inline void clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32
> > > hz)
> > > {
> > > return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1, hz);
> > > }
> >
> > This doesn't make sense - you are still returning a value on a function
> > declared void, and the return is now from a function that doesn't return
> > anything either ?!?!
> > Doesn't this throw a compile-time warning??
>
> It depends on the compiler.
> Recent gcc allow it.
> I don't know if it is actually valid C though.
>
> There is no excuse for it on lines like the above though.
Can you please resend with that fixed against 3.14-rc1 ?
Thanks,
tglx
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Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: Make clocksource register functions void
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 01/23/2014 08:12 AM, Yijing Wang wrote: > > Currently, clocksource_register() and __clocksource_register_scale() > > functions always return 0, it's pointless, make functions void. > > And remove the dead code that check the clocksource_register_hz() > > return value. > > > > Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang > > Well, do we really want to change all these files to not take care of a return > value ? What about is we have to check it again later ? > > I would recommend to investigate __clocksource_register_scale and the > underneath functions if there is not an error to be returned in the call stack > somewhere which is ignored today. > > The same applies for clocksource_register. There is really no point in making it fail. It's so low level that anything more than a proper printk/BUG/WARN is overkill. Thanks, tglx -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: Make clocksource register functions void
On 2014/2/6 4:40, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Yijing,
>
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, David Laight wrote:
>
>> From: Linuxppc-dev Tony Prisk
>>> On 23/01/14 20:12, Yijing Wang wrote:
Currently, clocksource_register() and __clocksource_register_scale()
functions always return 0, it's pointless, make functions void.
And remove the dead code that check the clocksource_register_hz()
return value.
>>> ..
-static inline int clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
+static inline void clocksource_register_hz(struct clocksource *cs, u32 hz)
{
return __clocksource_register_scale(cs, 1, hz);
}
>>>
>>> This doesn't make sense - you are still returning a value on a function
>>> declared void, and the return is now from a function that doesn't return
>>> anything either ?!?!
>>> Doesn't this throw a compile-time warning??
>>
>> It depends on the compiler.
>> Recent gcc allow it.
>> I don't know if it is actually valid C though.
>>
>> There is no excuse for it on lines like the above though.
>
> Can you please resend with that fixed against 3.14-rc1 ?
OK, I will resend later.
Thanks!
Yijing.
>
> .
>
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