The dax_pmem driver was implementing an empty ->remove() method to satisfy the nvdimm bus driver that unconditionally calls ->remove(). Teach the core bus driver to check if ->remove() is NULL to remove that requirement. Reported-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvdimm/bus.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c index 97589e3cb852..7cbc3d58d176 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c @@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ static int nvdimm_bus_remove(struct device *dev) struct nd_device_driver *nd_drv = to_nd_device_driver(dev->driver); struct module *provider = to_bus_provider(dev); struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus = walk_to_nvdimm_bus(dev); - int rc; + int rc = 0; - rc = nd_drv->remove(dev); + if (nd_drv->remove) + rc = nd_drv->remove(dev); nd_region_disable(nvdimm_bus, dev); dev_dbg(&nvdimm_bus->dev, "%s.remove(%s) = %d\n", dev->driver->name, @@ -296,8 +297,8 @@ int __nd_driver_register(struct nd_device_driver *nd_drv, struct module *owner, return -EINVAL; } - if (!nd_drv->probe || !nd_drv->remove) { - pr_debug("->probe() and ->remove() must be specified\n"); + if (!nd_drv->probe) { + pr_debug("%s ->probe() must be specified\n", mod_name); return -EINVAL; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html