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[PATCH v2 07/16] dell-smbios: don't return an SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_send_request()

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An SMBIOS buffer pointer does not need to be returned by
dell_smbios_send_request(), because SMBIOS call results are stored in
the buffer passed as input.

Signed-off-by: Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.c |    5 +----
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.c
index d573765..b10c613 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.c
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ void dell_smbios_release_buffer(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dell_smbios_release_buffer);
 
-struct calling_interface_buffer *
-dell_smbios_send_request(int class, int select)
+void dell_smbios_send_request(int class, int select)
 {
 	struct smi_cmd command;
 
@@ -74,8 +73,6 @@ dell_smbios_send_request(int class, int select)
 	buffer->select = select;
 
 	dcdbas_smi_request(&command);
-
-	return buffer;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dell_smbios_send_request);
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h
index 4220ac1..80b5048 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-smbios.h
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ extern struct calling_interface_token *da_tokens;
 void dell_smbios_get_buffer(void);
 void dell_smbios_clear_buffer(void);
 void dell_smbios_release_buffer(void);
-struct calling_interface_buffer *
-dell_smbios_send_request(int class, int select);
+void dell_smbios_send_request(int class, int select);
 
 int find_token_id(int tokenid);
 int find_token_location(int tokenid);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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[PATCH v2 07/16] dell-smbios: don't return an SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_send_request() Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-01-22 15:30 +0100

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