linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 15:33:45 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com>
Cc:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip_remove retval to void

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:03 PM, abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com> wrote:

> This avoids handling gpiochip remove error in device
> remove handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com>

In general this is the right thing to do.

>         for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++) {
> -               if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags)) {
> -                       status = -EBUSY;
> -                       break;
> -               }
> -       }
> -       if (status == 0) {
> -               for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++)
> -                       chip->desc[id].chip = NULL;
> -
> -               list_del(&chip->list);
> +               if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags))
> +                       panic("gpiolib.c: gpiochip is still requested\n");

panic("gpio: removing gpiochip with gpios still requested\");
is more helpful.

But I want a patch that also removes *ALL* users of the return value
from this function in the *same* patch to avoid bisectability issues.

$ git grep gpiochip_remove

Then fix all of them or use coccinelle.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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