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authorstephen hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>2017-01-06 19:12:52 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-01-08 17:51:44 -0500
commitbc1f44709cf27fb2a5766cadafe7e2ad5e9cb221 (patch)
tree10f4199c962083956bb3f2928e144b20be23ffe7 /drivers/net/vmxnet3
parent63c64de7be1f762b8c6c224f2994cf5769b542ae (diff)
downloadlinux-bc1f44709cf27fb2a5766cadafe7e2ad5e9cb221.tar.gz
net: make ndo_get_stats64 a void function
The network device operation for reading statistics is only called
in one place, and it ignores the return value. Having a structure
return value is potentially confusing because some future driver could
incorrectly assume that the return value was used.

Fix all drivers with ndo_get_stats64 to have a void function.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/vmxnet3')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
index aabc6ef366b4..f88ffafebfbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ vmxnet3_global_stats[] = {
 };
 
 
-struct rtnl_link_stats64 *
+void
 vmxnet3_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
 		   struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ vmxnet3_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
 		stats->rx_dropped += drvRxStats->drop_total;
 		stats->multicast +=  devRxStats->mcastPktsRxOK;
 	}
-
-	return stats;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
index 59e077be8829..ba1c9f93592b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ vmxnet3_create_queues(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter,
 
 void vmxnet3_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
 
-struct rtnl_link_stats64 *
-vmxnet3_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats);
+void vmxnet3_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
+			 struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats);
 
 extern char vmxnet3_driver_name[];
 #endif