Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix missing check during driver release

Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-12-26T17:44:20Z

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:23:31AM -0600, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> devres_release can return -ENOENT if the device is not freed. The fix
> throws a warning consistent with other invocations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>

Well why not

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index 95be7228f327..582d983fa93f 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -578,7 +578,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwrng_register);
>
> void devm_hwrng_unregister(struct device *dev, struct hwrng *rng)
> {
> - devres_release(dev, devm_hwrng_release, devm_hwrng_match, rng);
> + int rc;
> +
> + rc = devres_release(dev, devm_hwrng_release, devm_hwrng_match, rng);
> + if (rc)
> + WARN_ON(rc);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwrng_unregister);
>
> --
> 2.17.1