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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/platform.c10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/platform_device.h15
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 10c577963418..c8aa1be70526 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1420,14 +1420,8 @@ static void platform_remove(struct device *_dev)
struct platform_driver *drv = to_platform_driver(_dev->driver);
struct platform_device *dev = to_platform_device(_dev);
- if (drv->remove_new) {
- drv->remove_new(dev);
- } else if (drv->remove) {
- int ret = drv->remove(dev);
-
- if (ret)
- dev_warn(_dev, "remove callback returned a non-zero value. This will be ignored.\n");
- }
+ if (drv->remove)
+ drv->remove(dev);
dev_pm_domain_detach(_dev, true);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 7a41c72c1959..d422db6eec63 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -237,15 +237,14 @@ struct platform_driver {
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *);
/*
- * Traditionally the remove callback returned an int which however is
- * ignored by the driver core. This led to wrong expectations by driver
- * authors who thought returning an error code was a valid error
- * handling strategy. To convert to a callback returning void, new
- * drivers should implement .remove_new() until the conversion it done
- * that eventually makes .remove() return void.
+ * .remove_new() is a relic from a prototype conversion of .remove().
+ * New drivers are supposed to implement .remove(). Once all drivers are
+ * converted to not use .remove_new any more, it will be dropped.
*/
- int (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
- void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+ union {
+ void (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
+ void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+ };
void (*shutdown)(struct platform_device *);
int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *, pm_message_t state);