linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: devres: note checking needs when converting

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Message-ID: <20181206101420.24aad198@lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 10:14:20 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc:     Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-Knig <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Huang Shijie <sjhuang@...vatar.ai>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: devres: note checking needs when
 converting

On Sat,  1 Dec 2018 13:44:29 +0100
Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org> wrote:

> There are a number of cases where conversions to devm_* API have been
> done but developers forgot that this conversion may imply that return
> values need to be checked for failure of internal resource handling
> like allocation. While this should be clear, it does seem to be a
> relatively common issue with API conversions or maybe "managed" is
> being misunderstood ? So add a note to make the scope of "managed" clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>

Applied, thanks - let's see if things get any better!

jon