# Re: \[PATCH 02/52\] input: cros\_ec\_keyb - Convert to platform remove callback returning void

- From: Tzung-Bi Shih \<tzungbi@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2023-09-21 03:22:15 
- List: linux-input
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2023/09/8935767
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2023/09/8295655/t.md

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On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 02:57:39PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes
> many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by
> returning an error code. However the value returned is ignored (apart
> from emitting a warning) and this typically results in resource leaks.
> To improve here there is a quest to make the remove callback return
> void. In the first step of this quest all drivers are converted to
> .remove_new() which already returns void. Eventually after all drivers
> are converted, .remove_new() will be renamed to .remove().
> 
> Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove
> callback to the void returning variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
```