Re: [Qemu-devel] Fwd: [PATCH v2 2/5] Change return type of functions that are named *_exit or *_exitfn in hw/char from int to void

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 13/04/2016 08:33, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> * Look for functions that are named *_exit or *_exitfn in hw/ and that
>   return int.  They should all return zero.  Make them return void, and
>   remove the checks for the callers.

      ... and change the exit method to "void fn(void)"

> * Once the above change is done, remove the "Error **" argument from
>   functions named *_unrealize in hw/

     ... same for the unrealize method.

> Added by Paolo on 2014-12-03.  These tasks don't make sense to me.
> Paolo, can you explain?

The exit functions always return zero, the unrealize functions never
touch the Error** argument.  So make both of them "void fn(void)" and
remove the difference between exit and unrealize.

Paolo