From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: joro@8bytes.org (Joerg Roedel) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:18:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 04/29] drivers: base: add notifier for failed driver bind In-Reply-To: <1407235677-26324-5-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> References: <1407235677-26324-1-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> <1407235677-26324-5-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> Message-ID: <20140825211823.GH16329@8bytes.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 12:47:32PM +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote: > + if (failed && dev->bus) > + blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->p->bus_notifier, > + BUS_NOTIFY_DRVBIND_FAILED, dev); > + Why can't you just use the notifier for BUS_NOTIFY_UNBIND_DRIVER or BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER when something goes wrong in driver initialization? Joerg