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netdrvr: natsemi: Fix device removal bug
authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:01:09 +0000 (00:01 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:44:12 +0000 (08:44 -0700)
This episode illustrates how an overused warning can train people to
ignore that warning, which winds up hiding bugs.

The warning

drivers/net/natsemi.c: In function ‘natsemi_remove1’:
drivers/net/natsemi.c:3222: warning: ignoring return value of
‘device_create_file’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result

is oft-ignored, even though at close inspection one notices this occurs
in the /remove/ function, not normally where creation occurs.  A quick
s/create/remove/ and we are fixed, with the warning gone.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/net/natsemi.c

index 460a08718c69f8c740fcb5716720ea44219b14f6..41f68ec3a52e659ba8f134a592d4aaed5af051f0 100644 (file)
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static ssize_t natsemi_show_##_name(struct device *dev, \
 #define NATSEMI_CREATE_FILE(_dev, _name) \
          device_create_file(&_dev->dev, &dev_attr_##_name)
 #define NATSEMI_REMOVE_FILE(_dev, _name) \
-         device_create_file(&_dev->dev, &dev_attr_##_name)
+         device_remove_file(&_dev->dev, &dev_attr_##_name)
 
 NATSEMI_ATTR(dspcfg_workaround);