linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix missing check during driver release

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Date:   Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:03:01 +0100
From:   Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char: hw_random: Fix missing check during driver
 release

On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:23:31 -0600
Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu> wrote:

> devres_release can return -ENOENT if the device is not freed. The fix
> throws a warning consistent with other invocations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
> ---
>  drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> index 95be7228f327..582d983fa93f 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> @@ -578,7 +578,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwrng_register);
>  
>  void devm_hwrng_unregister(struct device *dev, struct hwrng *rng)
>  {
> -	devres_release(dev, devm_hwrng_release, devm_hwrng_match, rng);
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	rc = devres_release(dev, devm_hwrng_release, devm_hwrng_match, rng);
> +	if (rc)

The if statement is redundant and can be removed.

> +		WARN_ON(rc);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwrng_unregister);
>  

-- 
Michael

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