linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl

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Date:   Fri, 7 Jun 2019 17:57:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dragan Cvetic <draganc@...inx.com>
Cc:     "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>, Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl

On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 10:58:34AM +0000, Dragan Cvetic wrote:
> > On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:37:17PM +0100, Dragan Cvetic wrote:
> > > +static int xsdfec_dev_open(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr)
> > > +{
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int xsdfec_dev_release(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr)
> > > +{
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > empty open/close functions are never needed, just drop them.
> > 
> 
> open() is needed to allocate file descriptor eg.
> fd = open(dev_name, O_RDWR);

But you do nothing in those open/release callbacks.  Remove them and see
that the code works just fine :)

thanks,

greg k-h