linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] - SH/Dreamcast

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Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:23:49 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] - SH/Dreamcast - fix maple bus bugs

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:05:14PM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 15:01 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:53:51PM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > > -	dev->function = function;
> > > -	dev->dev.bus = &maple_bus_type;
> > > -	dev->dev.parent = &maple_bus;
> > > -	dev->dev.release = &maple_release_device;
> > > -	retval = device_register(&dev->dev);
> > > -	if (retval) {
> > > -		printk(KERN_INFO
> > > -		       "Maple bus: Attempt to register device (%x, %x) failed.\n",
> > > -		       dev->port, dev->unit);
> > > -		maple_free_dev(dev);
> > > +	mdev->function = function;
> > > +	mdev->dev.release = &maple_release_device;
> > > +	if (mdev->registered == 0) {
> > > +		retval = device_register(&mdev->dev);
> > > +		if (retval) {
> > > +			printk(KERN_INFO
> > > +			"Maple bus: Attempt to register device"
> > > +			" (%x, %x) failed.\n",
> > > +			mdev->port, mdev->unit);
> > > +			maple_free_dev(mdev);
> > > +			mdev = NULL;
> > > +			return;
> > > +		}
> > > +		mdev->registered = 1;
> > >  	}
> > > -	dev->registered = 1;
> > 
> > I think you are still papering over the real problem here of trying to
> > register a device twice.  That's something you should never be doing,
> > and your bus walking logic must be incorrect...
> > 
> I just left that in as a sanity check. It should never be acted on. I
> can remove it if you prefer.

Please do, that way, and real problems will show up with that warning
you were getting that started all of this work :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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