linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 2/6] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Use devm

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VfO=rcyvDaRbb-9MjZEcHPHVMcF3P_NA+H=0wseMubq=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:45:26 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     sathya <sathyaosid@...il.com>
Cc:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Zha Qipeng <qipeng.zha@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "dvhart@...radead.org" <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 2/6] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Use devm_* calls in
 driver probe

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 8:05 AM, sathya <sathyaosid@...il.com> wrote:
> On 08/18/2017 05:24 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 9:13 PM,
>> <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

>>> This patch cleans up unnecessary free/alloc calls in this driver
>>> by using devm_* calls.

>>>   static int ipc_plat_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>   {
>>> -       struct resource *res;
>>> -
>>>          sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &intel_ipc_group);
>>> -       free_irq(ipcdev.irq, &ipcdev);
>>
>> Can we get an IRQ at any time here?
>
> Yes, if the ipc_plat_probe() is successful then ipcdev.irq will have valid
> IRQ in all cases.

...which effectively means you can't remove free_irq() here. OTOH you
may replace it by explicit devm_free_irq() call.

>>>          platform_device_unregister(ipcdev.tco_dev);
>>>          platform_device_unregister(ipcdev.punit_dev);
>>>          platform_device_unregister(ipcdev.telemetry_dev);
>>>          ipcdev.dev = NULL;
>>>          return 0;
>>>   }


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko