Re: [PATCH 0/3] of: unittest: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:06:17 +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this series converts the of unittests to use the
> .remove_new() callback. Compared to the traditional .remove() callback
> .remove_new() returns no value. This is a good thing because the driver core
> doesn't (and cannot) cope for errors during remove. The only effect of a
> non-zero return value in .remove() is that the driver core emits a warning. The
> device is removed anyhow and an early return from .remove() usually yields a
> resource leak.
> 
> By changing the remove callback to return void driver authors cannot
> reasonably assume any more that there is some kind of cleanup later.
> 
> The first patch is an orthogonal cleanup. The second patch fixes the one
> driver that doesn't already always return zero in .remove(). The last
> patch does the actual conversion.
> 
> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
> Uwe Kleine-König (3):
>   of: unittest: Drop call to platform_set_drvdata(..., NULL)
>   of: unittest: Drop if blocks with always false condition
>   of: unittest: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
> 
>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 21 ++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: fe15c26ee26efa11741a7b632e9f23b01aca4cc6
> --
> 2.39.2
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!




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