linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] regulator: ab8500 - fix the logic to remove already registered regulators in error path

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Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:39:02 +0200
From:	Sundar R IYER <sundar.iyer@...ricsson.com>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Linus WALLEIJ <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] regulator: ab8500 - fix the logic to remove already
 registered regulators in error path

Oops, I didn’t see the below patch.

[PATCH] regulator: ab3100 - fix the logic to remove already registered regulators in error path

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Cheers!
Sundar

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sundar R IYER
>Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:05 PM
>To: 'Axel Lin'; linux-kernel
>Cc: Liam Girdwood; Mark Brown; Linus WALLEIJ
>Subject: RE: [PATCH] regulator: ab8500 - fix the logic to remove already registered
>regulators in error path
>
>Thanx!
>
>BTW, could you also include the AB3100 as well into this patch? I derived it from
>the AB3100 implementation.
>
>Linus, any comments?
>
>Regards,
>Sundar
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Axel Lin [mailto:axel.lin@...il.com]
>>Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 7:14 PM
>>To: linux-kernel
>>Cc: Liam Girdwood; Mark Brown; Sundar R IYER
>>Subject: [PATCH] regulator: ab8500 - fix the logic to remove already registered
>>regulators in error path
>>
>>In current implementation, ab8500_regulator_info[0].regulator is not
>>unregistered if the error happen at i > 0.
>>
>>This patch fixes the resource leak and also improves the readability.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
>>---
>>I think this change is better ( in readability ) than simply change "while (i > 0)" to
>>"while (i >= 0)".
>>
>> drivers/regulator/ab8500.c |    4 +---
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>>diff --git a/drivers/regulator/ab8500.c b/drivers/regulator/ab8500.c
>>index dc3f1a4..775688e 100644
>>--- a/drivers/regulator/ab8500.c
>>+++ b/drivers/regulator/ab8500.c
>>@@ -368,11 +368,9 @@ static __devinit int ab8500_regulator_probe(struct
>>platform_device *pdev)
>> 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register regulator %s\n",
>> 					info->desc.name);
>> 			/* when we fail, un-register all earlier regulators */
>>-			i--;
>>-			while (i > 0) {
>>+			while (--i >= 0) {
>> 				info = &ab8500_regulator_info[i];
>> 				regulator_unregister(info->regulator);
>>-				i--;
>> 			}
>> 			return err;
>> 		}
>>--
>>1.7.0.4
>>
>>