Re: [GIT PATCH] More PCI patches for 2.6.13

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:37:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > Dave Jones:
> >   must_check attributes for PCI layer.
> 
> Why?

This is something that David and Arjan wanted in.  Guys?

> This only clutters up the compile, hiding real errors.
> 
> I think all those compile warnings are totally bogus. Who really cares? 
> Are they going to be fixed, or were they added just to irritate people?

I fixed up all of the PCI core and USB drivers that were flagged by
these warnings already.  Biggest area left is network drivers that I
saw.

> We should have a strict rule: anybody who adds things like "must_check"
> and "deprecated" had better also be ready and willing to fix all the new
> warnings they cause - you're not allowed to just assume that "somebody
> else will fix it".

Fair enough.  Dave and Arjan, want to fix up the rest of the tree?

thanks,

greg k-h
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