Re: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI: battery: Do not unload battery hooks on single error

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Hi,

On 9/12/22 13:53, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Currently, battery hooks are being unloaded if they return
> an error when adding a single battery.
> This however also causes the removal of successfully added
> hooks if they return -ENODEV for a single unsupported
> battery.
> 
> Do not unload battery hooks in such cases since the hook
> handles any cleanup actions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>

Maybe instead of removing all error checking, allow -ENODEV
and behave as before when the error is not -ENODEV ?

Otherwise we should probably make the add / remove callbacks
void to indicate that any errors are ignored.

Rafael, do you have any opinion on this?

Regards,

Hans

> ---
>  drivers/acpi/battery.c | 24 +++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> index 306513fec1e1..e59c261c7c59 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
> @@ -724,20 +724,10 @@ void battery_hook_register(struct acpi_battery_hook *hook)
>  	 * its attributes.
>  	 */
>  	list_for_each_entry(battery, &acpi_battery_list, list) {
> -		if (hook->add_battery(battery->bat)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * If a add-battery returns non-zero,
> -			 * the registration of the extension has failed,
> -			 * and we will not add it to the list of loaded
> -			 * hooks.
> -			 */
> -			pr_err("extension failed to load: %s", hook->name);
> -			__battery_hook_unregister(hook, 0);
> -			goto end;
> -		}
> +		hook->add_battery(battery->bat);
>  	}
>  	pr_info("new extension: %s\n", hook->name);
> -end:
> +
>  	mutex_unlock(&hook_mutex);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(battery_hook_register);
> @@ -762,15 +752,7 @@ static void battery_hook_add_battery(struct acpi_battery *battery)
>  	 * during the battery module initialization.
>  	 */
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(hook_node, tmp, &battery_hook_list, list) {
> -		if (hook_node->add_battery(battery->bat)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * The notification of the extensions has failed, to
> -			 * prevent further errors we will unload the extension.
> -			 */
> -			pr_err("error in extension, unloading: %s",
> -					hook_node->name);
> -			__battery_hook_unregister(hook_node, 0);
> -		}
> +		hook_node->add_battery(battery->bat);
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&hook_mutex);
>  }
> --
> 2.30.2
> 




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