From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
To: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Greg K-H <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [03/12] driver core fixes: fixup platform_device_register_simple()
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:31:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200609132231.06346.dtor@insightbb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060913183840.5a2e4989@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Hi,
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 12:38, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
>
> Remember to remove allocated resources if platform_device_add() fails.
> Introduce a helper function platform_device_del_resources() for this,
> which can also be used by platform_device_del().
>
platform_device_add() already releases all resources in case of failure.
Memory allocated for resource structures is released by
platform_device_release(). I do not think this patch is needed.
As fas as platform_device_register_somple() goes it should just die and
users should be converted to platofrm_device_alloc/add.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-14 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20060913163007.21cf10a8@gondolin.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [01/12] driver core fixes: make_class_name() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-14 12:01 ` Martin Waitz
2006-09-15 11:20 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [02/12] driver core fixes: device_register() retval check in platform.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [03/12] driver core fixes: fixup platform_device_register_simple() Cornelia Huck
2006-09-14 2:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2006-09-14 7:06 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [04/12] driver core fixes: retval check in class_register() Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [05/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in class.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [06/12] driver core fixes: bus_add_attrs() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [07/12] driver core fixes: bus_add_device() cleanup on error Cornelia Huck
[not found] ` <1158168423.14312.16.camel@localhost>
2006-09-14 7:40 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [08/12] driver core fixes: device_add() " Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:38 ` [09/12] driver core fixes: bus_attach_device() retval check Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [10/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in core.c Cornelia Huck
[not found] ` <1158168842.14312.18.camel@localhost>
2006-09-14 7:43 ` Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [11/12] driver core fixes: device_create_file() retval check in dmapool.c Cornelia Huck
2006-09-13 16:39 ` [12/12] driver core fixes: sysfs_create_group() retval in topology.c Cornelia Huck
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