Re: [PATCH v2] driver core: platform: Respect return code of platform_device_register_full()

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:59 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 08:21:41PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > The platform_device_register_full() might return an error pointer. If we
> > instantiate platform device which is optional we may simplify the routine at
> > removal stage by simply calling platform_device_unregister(). For now it
> > requires to check parameter for being an error pointer in each caller.
> >
> > To make users' life easier, check for an error pointer inside driver core.
> >
> > Reported-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > - rebase on top of linux-next since the conflicting patch has been applied there
>
> What conflicting patch?  This now doesn't apply to my tree.

One patch from Heikki had been applied earlier, I rebased and sent v2
at the same day as this one.

>
> Let me fix it up by hand...
>


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko