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

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Message-ID: <YG8YSPHMBbBJadvp@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:50:48 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        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 Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 04:15:37PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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!

It seems Greg applied it already. Was it dropped there?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko