Hi Ulrich,
On Wednesday 16 Aug 2017 15:23:27 Ulrich Hecht wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >> +static int max9260_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
> >> +{
> >> + struct max9260_device *dev;
> >> + struct i2c_adapter *adap;
> >> + int ret;
> >> +
> >> + dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> >> + if (!dev)
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
> >> +
> >> + init_waitqueue_head(&dev->rx_wq);
> >> +
> >> + dev->serdev = serdev;
> >> + serdev_device_open(serdev);
> >> + serdev_device_set_drvdata(serdev, dev);
> >> +
> >> + serdev_device_set_client_ops(serdev, &max9260_serdev_client_ops);
> >> +
> >> + ret = max9260_setup(dev);
> >> + if (ret < 0)
> >> + goto err_free;
> >> +
> >> + adap = &dev->adap;
> >> + i2c_set_adapdata(adap, dev);
> >> +
> >> + adap->owner = THIS_MODULE;
> >> + adap->algo = &max9260_i2c_algorithm;
> >> + adap->dev.parent = &serdev->dev;
> >> + adap->retries = 5;
> >> + strlcpy(adap->name, dev_name(&serdev->dev), sizeof(adap->name));
> >> +
> >> + ret = i2c_add_adapter(adap);
> >> + if (ret < 0)
> >> + return ret;
> >> +
> >> + return 0;
> >> +
> >> +err_free:
> > No need for a serdev_device_close() ?
>
> serdev_device_{open,close}() actually operate on the controller, so
> that would pull the rug from under the other devices connected to that
> controller.
My point is that you call open in the .probe() handler and close in the
.remove() handler. If open needs to be balanced by close, it seems to me that
you should also call close in the error path.
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
