From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: platform: Respect return code of platform_device_register_full()
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 13:58:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181206125842.GA1480@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181203182141.29720-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:21:41PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The platform_device_register_full() might return an error pointer. If we
> instantiate platform device which is optional we may simplify the routine at
> removal stage by simply calling platform_device_unregister(). For now it
> requires to check parameter for being an error pointer in each caller.
>
> To make users' life easier, check for an error pointer inside driver core.
>
> Reported-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> - rebase on top of linux-next since the conflicting patch has been applied there
What conflicting patch? This now doesn't apply to my tree.
Let me fix it up by hand...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-06 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-03 18:21 [PATCH v2] driver core: platform: Respect return code of platform_device_register_full() Andy Shevchenko
2018-12-06 12:58 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2018-12-06 13:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
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