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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, computersforpeace@gmail.com,
	boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com, marek.vasut@gmail.com,
	cyrille.pitchen@wedev4u.fr, dedekind1@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 20:35:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3975609.gPYExXdWMR@blindfold> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1520592440.git.arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>

Am Freitag, 9. März 2018, 11:50:47 CET schrieb Arvind Yadav:
> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> to give up the reference initialized.
> 
> Arvind Yadav (2):
>   [PATCH 1/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail
>   [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail

Uhh, this is not obvious. Does device_register() really always return with a 
reference held in all (error) cases?

Thanks,
//richard

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-03-11 19:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-09 10:50 [PATCH 0/2] mtd: use put_device() if device_register fail Arvind Yadav
2018-03-09 10:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Arvind Yadav
2018-03-14 14:36   ` Boris Brezillon
2018-03-17  9:45     ` arvindY
2018-03-09 10:50 ` [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: " Arvind Yadav
2018-03-14 18:56   ` Boris Brezillon
2018-03-14 19:25     ` Richard Weinberger
2018-03-15  6:41       ` Arvind Yadav
2018-03-11 19:35 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2018-03-12  5:51   ` [PATCH 0/2] mtd: " Arvind Yadav
2018-03-12 14:32     ` Richard Weinberger

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