Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: greybus: remove return in an empty void function

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Apr 12 2022 - 05:08:01 EST


On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 09:50:22PM -0400, Jaehee Park wrote:
> Issue found by checkpatch:
> WARNING: void function return statements are not generally useful
>
> Signed-off-by: Jaehee Park <jhpark1013@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> index 0f50d1e51e2c..3e3a16568def 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> @@ -1032,7 +1032,6 @@ static int gbcodec_probe(struct snd_soc_component *comp)
> static void gbcodec_remove(struct snd_soc_component *comp)
> {
> /* Empty function for now */
> - return;
> }

This function is called from snd_soc_component_remove(). You can safely
remove the whole function. We do not like empty stub functions.

regards,
dan carpenter