linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/46] mtd: Don't unconditionally unregister reboot notifier

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Date:   Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:33:42 +0200
From:   Daniel Walter <dwalter@...ma-star.at>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        computersforpeace@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/46] mtd: Don't unconditionally unregister reboot
 notifier

On 09/21/2016 04:31 PM, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:45:12 +0200
> Daniel Walter <dwalter@...ma-star.at> wrote:
> 
>> From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>>
>> del_mtd_device() is allowed to fail.
>> i.e. when the MTD is busy.
>> Unregister the reboot notifier only when we're really
>> about to delete the MTD.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
>> index e3936b8..36e5fb0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
>> @@ -654,17 +654,22 @@ int mtd_device_unregister(struct mtd_info *master)
>>  {
>>  	int err;
>>  
>> -	if (master->_reboot)
>> -		unregister_reboot_notifier(&master->reboot_notifier);
>> -
>>  	err = del_mtd_partitions(master);
>>  	if (err)
>>  		return err;
>>  
>>  	if (!device_is_registered(&master->dev))
>> -		return 0;
>> +		goto unregister;
>>  
>> -	return del_mtd_device(master);
>> +	err = del_mtd_device(master);
>> +	if (err)
>> +		return err;
>> +
>> +unregister:
>> +	if (master->_reboot)
>> +		unregister_reboot_notifier(&master->reboot_notifier);
>> +
>> +	return 0;
> 
> How about:
> 
> 	if (device_is_registered(&master->dev)) {
> 		err = del_mtd_device(master);
> 		if (err)
> 			return err;
> 	}
> 
> 	if (master->_reboot)
> 		unregister_reboot_notifier(&master->reboot_notifier);
> 
> 	return 0;
> 
> This way you get rid of the unregister label, which IMHO improves
> readability.

Agree, will fix this in v3 of the series.



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