linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] software node: Free resources explicitly when swnode

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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 16:15:37 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Yong Zhi <yong.zhi@...el.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bingbu Cao <bingbu.cao@...el.com>,
        Tianshu Qiu <tian.shu.qiu@...el.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] software node: Free resources explicitly when
 swnode_register() fails

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 1:06 PM Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 06:12:02PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Currently we have a slightly twisted logic in swnode_register().
> > It frees resources that it doesn't allocate on error path and
> > in once case it relies on the ->release() implementation.
> >
> > Untwist the logic by freeing resources explicitly when swnode_register()
> > fails. Currently it happens only in fwnode_create_software_node().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>
> It all looks OK to me. FWIW, for the whole series:
>
> Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>

Whole series applied (with some minor changelog edits) as 5.13 material, thanks!