linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: google: Unregister driver

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Message-ID: <20191116134001.GE454551@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:40:01 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     patrick.rudolph@...ements.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, coreboot@...eboot.org,
        Arthur Heymans <arthur@...ymans.xyz>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: google: Unregister driver_info on failure
 and exit in gsmi

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 02:48:38PM +0100, patrick.rudolph@...ements.com wrote:
> From: Arthur Heymans <arthur@...ymans.xyz>
> 
> Fix a bug where the kernel module couldn't be loaded after unloading,
> as the platform driver wasn't released on exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@...ymans.xyz>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
> index edaa4e5d84ad..974c769b75cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
> @@ -1016,6 +1016,9 @@ static __init int gsmi_init(void)
>  	dma_pool_destroy(gsmi_dev.dma_pool);
>  	platform_device_unregister(gsmi_dev.pdev);
>  	pr_info("gsmi: failed to load: %d\n", ret);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PM
> +	platform_driver_unregister(&gsmi_driver_info);
> +#endif
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1037,6 +1040,9 @@ static void __exit gsmi_exit(void)
>  	gsmi_buf_free(gsmi_dev.name_buf);
>  	dma_pool_destroy(gsmi_dev.dma_pool);
>  	platform_device_unregister(gsmi_dev.pdev);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PM
> +	platform_driver_unregister(&gsmi_driver_info);

Why the #ifdef here?  Why does PM change things?

#ifdefs in .c code is really frowned on.

thanks,

greg k-h