linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 00:55:58 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
Cc:	abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com>, Michael Buesch <m@...s.ch>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip_remove retval to void

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:22 AM, 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>
>> -               list_del(&chip->list);
>> +               if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags))
>> +                       panic("gpio: removing gpiochip with gpios still requested\n");
>
> Really, really I don't think we should panic here.

Nope dev_crit() is the right thing, with a big fat warning message.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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