[PATCH *-next 01/18] mm/mmu_gather: Remove needless return in void API tlb_remove_page()

Zijun Hu zijun_hu at icloud.com
Sat Feb 22 03:00:28 PST 2025


On 2025/2/22 04:01, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>   */
>>  static inline void tlb_remove_page(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *page)
>>  {
>> -	return tlb_remove_page_size(tlb, page, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +	tlb_remove_page_size(tlb, page, PAGE_SIZE);
>>  }
> So I don't mind removing it, but note that that return enforces
> tlb_remove_page_size() has void return type.
>

tlb_remove_page_size() is void function already. (^^)

> It might not be your preferred coding style, but it is not completely
> pointless.

based on below C spec such as C17 description. i guess language C does
not like this usage "return void function in void function";

C spec such as C17 have this description about return
statement:
6.8.6.4:
A return statement with an expression shall not appear in a function
whose return type is void. A return statement without an expression
shall only appear in a function whose return type is void.



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