linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: davinci: Fix and simplify probe failure path

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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:15:42 +0530
From:	Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav.etc@...il.com>
To:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:	Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Ball <chris@...ntf.net>,
	linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: davinci: Fix and simplify probe failure path

Thanks Ulf,

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> wrote:
> On 30 October 2014 08:46, Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com> wrote:
>> The sequence of resource release in probe failure path in this
>> driver was wrong and needed fixes to cleanly unload the driver.
>> This changes does the same by switching to managed resources and
>> fixes return path to release resource in proper sequence.
>>
>> Cc: Chris Ball <chris@...ntf.net>
>> Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
>> Cc: linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
>
> Please remove these Ccs above from the commit message. It's not needed
> when you anyway need to send the patches directly to these addresses.
Will remove Cc.

>
>> Signed-off-by: Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com>
>> ---
..

>>
>>         host = mmc_priv(mmc);
>>         host->mmc = mmc;        /* Important */
>> @@ -1275,15 +1273,16 @@ static int __init davinci_mmcsd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>                 host->txdma = r->start;
>>
>>         host->mem_res = mem;
>> -       host->base = ioremap(mem->start, mem_size);
>> -       if (!host->base)
>> -               goto out;
>> +       host->base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, mem->start, mem_size);
>
> I realized that you should use devm_ioremap_resource() instead. That
> would simplify the code even more.
>
Yes, we could have used devm_ioremap_resource() but this driver stores
the return from devm_request_mem_region() in host->mem_res and uses
the same in the other part of drivers. Is there a way to work this
around?

> [...]
>
> Kind regards
> Uffe
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Thanks and Regards
Pramod
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