The patch titled s390: remove WARN_ON for misc_deregister() failures has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: s390: remove WARN_ON for misc_deregister() failures From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> The previous change added WARN_ON() in misc_deregister(). So it is not necessary to WARN_ON() misc_deregister() failure by callers. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c | 2 +- drivers/s390/char/monreader.c | 2 +- drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c --- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures +++ a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eer.c @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ int __init dasd_eer_init(void) void dasd_eer_exit(void) { if (dasd_eer_dev) { - WARN_ON(misc_deregister(dasd_eer_dev) != 0); + misc_deregister(dasd_eer_dev); kfree(dasd_eer_dev); dasd_eer_dev = NULL; } diff -puN drivers/s390/char/monreader.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures drivers/s390/char/monreader.c --- a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures +++ a/drivers/s390/char/monreader.c @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ out_iucv: static void __exit mon_exit(void) { segment_unload(mon_dcss_name); - WARN_ON(misc_deregister(&mon_dev) != 0); + misc_deregister(&mon_dev); device_unregister(monreader_device); driver_unregister(&monreader_driver); iucv_unregister(&monreader_iucv_handler, 1); diff -puN drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c --- a/drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c~s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures +++ a/drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ out_driver: static void __exit mon_exit(void) { - WARN_ON(misc_deregister(&mon_dev) != 0); + misc_deregister(&mon_dev); platform_device_unregister(monwriter_pdev); platform_driver_unregister(&monwriter_pdrv); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch kernel-fix-bug_on-checks-for-cpu-notifier-callbacks-direct-call.patch char-add-warn_on-in-misc_deregister.patch s390-remove-warn_on-for-misc_deregister-failures.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html