[PATCH 05/44] mtd: bfin-async-flash.c: use mtd_device_parse_register
Artem Bityutskiy
dedekind1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 8 10:24:14 EDT 2011
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 18:22 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> On 6/8/11, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 18:06 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> >> On 6/8/11, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 12:01 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 17:36 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> >> >> > + mtd_device_parse_register(state->mtd, part_probe_types, 0,
> >> >> > + pdata->parts, pdata->nr_parts);
> >> >>
> >> >> How about checking the return code? :-)
> >> >
> >> > Ok, you did not do it because the original function did not do it. Fair
> >> > enough, this is a separate thing.
> >>
> >> Nice idea. Making mtd_device_parse_register a __must_check function :)
> >
> > But please, do it as a separate patch.
>
> Why not make it a __must_check from the beginning? And fixup problematic
> drivers later.
Because it is a separate problem and separate set of patches is needed.
First, solve one problem, then start solving the other.
Secondly, if someone will later prove that __must_check was a mistake,
we can just revert that separate patch.
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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)
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