Re: [PATCH 45/62] mtd: rawnand: r852: Stop using nand_release()

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sergei,

Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Mon, 11
May 2020 13:33:01 +0300:

> Hello
> 
> On 10.05.2020 15:12, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> 
> > This helper is not very useful and very often people get confused:
> > they use nand_release() instead of nand_cleanup().
> > 
> > Let's stop using nand_release() by calling mtd_device_unregister() and
> > nand_cleanup() directly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c | 6 ++++--
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> > index 77774250fb11..f865e3a47b01 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> > @@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ static int r852_register_nand_device(struct r852_device *dev)
> >   	dev->card_registered = 1;
> >   	return 0;
> >   error3:
> > -	nand_release(dev->chip);
> > +	WARN_ON(mtd_device_unregister(nand_to_mtd(dev->chip)));  
> 
>     Sometimes you declare a variable to receive the result, sometimes (more seldom) you don't... What guides you?

Absolutely. The logic (if any) was:

Use "ret", unless I think it does not fit very well the driver's style
or the location where I put it. So in the end, as I consider that both
are totally fine, it's a bit mixed and the choice very personnal. Do you
think it is a problem?

Thanks,
Miquèl

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