Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gpio: gpio-regmap: Use devm_add_action()

From: Vaittinen, Matti
Date: Mon May 24 2021 - 01:02:15 EST


Morning folks!

On Fri, 2021-05-21 at 18:35 +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 12:31 PM Vaittinen, Matti
> <Matti.Vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 2021-05-21 at 10:38 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> > > Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > > Am 2021-05-21 08:28, schrieb Matti Vaittinen:
> > > > > Slightly simplify the devm_gpio_regmap_register() by using
> > > > > the
> > > > > devm_add_action().
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You should probably use the devm_add_action_or_reset() wrapper
> > > here
> > > too,
> > > catching the unlikely devm_add_action() alloc failure.
> > >
> >
> > I was thinking of it but as the gpio registration succeeded I was
> > thinking that we could go on with it - (which means we can proceed
> > but
> > the gpio is never released.)
> >
> > I am not sure how much difference it makes in the case of small
> > alloc
> > failure ;)
> >
> > But as it seems I am in any case re-spinning this I can change this
> > to
> > the devm_add_action_or_reset() and fail the gpio_regmap
> > registration if
> > alloc fails.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Matti Vaittinen
>
> Hi Matti,
>
> Please use the reset variant. We always want to roll-back the changes
> done in a function before the failure and propagate the error code.

Right. I'll do that. I hope to be able to re-spin this today.

Best Regards
-- Matti