From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: atmel-ecc - remove stale comments in atmel_ecc_remove
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:55:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiqUBXIybgHXA6uj@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aipH0NgL4Gbe7Oz1@gondor.apana.org.au>
On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 01:29:52PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 06:52:49PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> > atmel_ecc_remove() no longer returns -EBUSY since commit 7df7563b16aa
> > ("crypto: atmel-ecc - Remove duplicated error reporting in .remove()")
> > and is a void function since commit ed5c2f5fd10d ("i2c: Make remove
> > callback return void").
> >
> > Remove and update the outdated comments.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> > ---
> > drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c | 6 ++----
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
> > index 9c380351d2f9..e6068dc0a0c1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
> > @@ -347,13 +347,11 @@ static void atmel_ecc_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> > {
> > struct atmel_i2c_client_priv *i2c_priv = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> >
> > - /* Return EBUSY if i2c client already allocated. */
> > if (atomic_read(&i2c_priv->tfm_count)) {
> > /*
> > * After we return here, the memory backing the device is freed.
> > - * That happens no matter what the return value of this function
> > - * is because in the Linux device model there is no error
> > - * handling for unbinding a driver.
> > + * That happens because in the Linux device model there is no
> > + * error handling for unbinding a driver.
> > * If there is still some action pending, it probably involves
> > * accessing the freed memory.
> > */
>
> Please fix this properly rather than fiddling with the comments.
>
> Drivers should always fail gracefully if the hardware disappears.
Yes, I'm working on a fix, but it's not ready yet.
Thanks,
Thorsten
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 16:52 [PATCH] crypto: atmel-ecc - remove stale comments in atmel_ecc_remove Thorsten Blum
2026-06-11 5:29 ` Herbert Xu
2026-06-11 10:55 ` Thorsten Blum [this message]
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