Re: [PATCH 2/2] clocksource: Make clocksource register functions void
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2014-01-23 07:58:09
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Tony Prisk [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
-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??
No, passing on void in functions returning void doesn't cause compiler
warnings.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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