linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] i2c: designware: Use the correct name of device-managed function

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Date:   Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:47:01 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Dejin Zheng <zhengdejin5@...il.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
        corbet@....net, jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com,
        mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, rric@...nel.org,
        helgaas@...nel.org, wsa@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] i2c: designware: Use the correct name of
 device-managed function

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 07:40:14PM +0800, Dejin Zheng wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 06:46:01PM +0100, Krzysztof Wilczyński wrote:

...

> > The change simplifies the error handling path, how?  A line of two which
> > explains how it has been achieved might help should someone reads the
> > commit message in the future.
> > 
> To put it simply, if the driver probe fail, the device-managed function
> mechanism will automatically call pcim_release(), then the pci_free_irq_vectors()
> will be executed. For details, please see the relevant code.

Perhaps as a compromise you may add this short sentence to your commit
messages, like "the freeing resources will take automatically when device
is gone".

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko