linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 12/22] vfio: Add notifier callback to parent's ops structure of mdev

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:35:58 +0530
From:   Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
To:     <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        <kraxel@...hat.com>, <cjia@...dia.com>, <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        <jike.song@...el.com>, <bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 12/22] vfio: Add notifier callback to parent's ops
 structure of mdev



On 11/17/2016 7:45 AM, Dong Jia Shi wrote:
> * Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com> [2016-11-17 02:16:24 +0530]:
> 
> Hi Kirti,
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
> [...]
> 
>> @@ -51,6 +78,11 @@ static void vfio_mdev_release(void *device_data)
>>  	if (likely(parent->ops->release))
>>  		parent->ops->release(mdev);
>>
>> +	if (likely(parent->ops->notifier)) {
>> +		if (vfio_unregister_notifier(&mdev->dev, &mdev->nb))
>> +			pr_err("Failed to unregister notifier for mdev\n");
> For the -ENOTTY case, we should not fail here either.
> 

Removing the error print and ignoring return from this unregister call.
Updating this patch on this thread.

>> +	}
>> +
>>  	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
>>  }
>>
> [...]
>