[PATCH v2] bitmap: change return value of rte_bitmap_free

[Stephen Hemminger]

No existing code is checking the return value of rte_bitmap_free
and other functions like rte_free do not return an int.
Change it to just a stub void function.

This was motivated by Coverity warnings about unchecked return
value.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.rst |  3 +++
 lib/eal/include/rte_bitmap.h           | 13 ++++---------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.rst
index c5ba335cfc..4b8e084204 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.rst
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ API Changes
   The link type was previously hardcoded to the Ethernet link type in the API.
   This argument is added to ``rte_pcapng_add_interface``.
 
+* bitmap: Changed the return type of ``rte_bitmap_free()`` to void
+  for consistency with other free functions.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_bitmap.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_bitmap.h
index abb102f1d3..ebe6c44998 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_bitmap.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_bitmap.h
@@ -282,20 +282,15 @@ rte_bitmap_init_with_all_set(uint32_t n_bits, uint8_t *mem, uint32_t mem_size)
 /**
  * Bitmap free
  *
+ * This function does nothing in current implementation.
+ *
  * @param bmp
  *   Handle to bitmap instance
- * @return
- *   0 upon success, error code otherwise
  */
-static inline int
+static inline void
 rte_bitmap_free(struct rte_bitmap *bmp)
 {
-	/* Check input arguments */
-	if (bmp == NULL) {
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	RTE_SET_USED(bmp);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
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