linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/33] fbdev: sysfs files can't disappear before the device is gone

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Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 11:02:44 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/33] fbdev: sysfs files can't disappear before the device is gone

Which means lock_fb_info can never fail. Remove the error handling.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Reviewed-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
index 44cca39f2b51..5f329278e55f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t store_modes(struct device *device,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	console_lock();
-	if (!lock_fb_info(fb_info)) {
-		console_unlock();
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	lock_fb_info(fb_info);
 
 	list_splice(&fb_info->modelist, &old_list);
 	fb_videomode_to_modelist((const struct fb_videomode *)buf, i,
@@ -409,10 +406,7 @@ static ssize_t store_fbstate(struct device *device,
 	state = simple_strtoul(buf, &last, 0);
 
 	console_lock();
-	if (!lock_fb_info(fb_info)) {
-		console_unlock();
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	lock_fb_info(fb_info);
 
 	fb_set_suspend(fb_info, (int)state);
 
-- 
2.20.1