On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:19:04 +0100, Gilad Ben-Yossef [off-list ref] wrote:

on_each_cpu() returns as its own return value the return value of
smp_call_function(). smp_call_function() in turn returns a hard
coded value of zero.

Some callers to on_each_cpu() waste cycles and bloat code space
by checking the return value to on_each_cpu(), probably for
historical reasons.

This patch set refactors callers to not test on_each_cpu()
(fixed) return value and then refactors on_each_cpu to
return void to avoid confusing future users.

In other words, this patch aims to delete 18 source code lines
while not changing any functionality :-)

I tested as best as I could the x86 changes and compiled some
of the others, but I don't have access to all the needed hardware
for testing. Reviewers and testers welcome!

Other then the lack of Signed-off-by in the patches, looks good to me,
even though personally I'd choose a bottom-up approach, ie. make
smp_call_function() return void and from that conclude that
on_each_cpu() can return void.  With those patches, we have a situation,
where smp_call_function() has a return value which is then lost for no
immediately apparent reason lost in on_each_cpu().

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