linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ide/macide: Convert Mac IDE driver to platform driver

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:44:59 +1200
From:   Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Joshua Thompson <funaho@...ai.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide/macide: Convert Mac IDE driver to platform driver

Hi Finn,

Am 10.09.2020 um 12:23 schrieb Finn Thain:
>>> +       return 0;
>>> +
>>> +release_mem:
>>> +       release_mem_region(mem->start, resource_size(mem));
>>
>> Not needed, as you used devm_*() for allocation.
>>
>
> OK, I'll remove this. I put it there after I looked at falconide.c and
> wondered whether the automatic release would take place after both init
> failure and exit (or just exit). I see now that pata_gayle.c does it
> differently.

pata_gayle.c has probably seen more testing (in the platform 
environment), so I'd go with what's done there.

Cheers,

	Michael