linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device

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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:38:27 +0100
From:   Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, sudeep.dutt@...el.com,
        ashutosh.dixit@...el.com, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of
 device_unregister()



Le 12/03/2018 à 12:36, Arvind Yadav a écrit :
> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> to give up the reference initialized.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> ---

OK, device_unregister() calls put_device() but also other actions that 
we can skip in this case.

Acked-by: Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


>   drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
> index 0051d9e..21f4254 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/pci.c
> @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static struct ocxl_fn *init_function(struct pci_dev *dev)
>   	rc = device_register(&fn->dev);
>   	if (rc) {
>   		deconfigure_function(fn);
> -		device_unregister(&fn->dev);
> +		put_device(&fn->dev);
>   		return ERR_PTR(rc);
>   	}
>   	return fn;
>