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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/platform_device.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/platform_device.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
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); |