linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] serdev: ttyport: add missing open() error handling

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:08:53 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] serdev: ttyport: add missing open() error handling

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
> Add missing error handling for tty-driver open() which may fail (e.g. if
> resource allocation fails or if a port is being disconnected).
>
> Note that close() must be called also in case of failed open() and that
> the operation sanity check is amended to catch buggy drivers.

That's a very odd pattern. Wouldn't a must_check annotation be enough?

Rob