Re: [PATCH] nvmem: core: don't check the return value of notifier chain call

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On 15/02/2019 10:42, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

blocking_notifier_call_chain() returns the value returned by the last
registered callback. A positive return value doesn't indicate an error
and an nvmem device should correctly register irrespective of any
notifier callback failures. Drop the retval check.

Fixes: bee1138bea15 ("nvmem: add a notifier chain")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the fix!

Acked-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
  drivers/nvmem/core.c | 4 +---
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index f7301bb4ef3b..3ce65927e11c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -686,9 +686,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
  	if (rval)
  		goto err_remove_cells;
- rval = blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_ADD, nvmem);
-	if (rval)
-		goto err_remove_cells;
+	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&nvmem_notifier, NVMEM_ADD, nvmem);
return nvmem;



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