linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 162/190] Revert "dmaengine: qcom_hidma: Check for driver register failure"

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Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:03:28 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 162/190] Revert "dmaengine: qcom_hidma: Check for driver
 register failure"

On 4/27/2021 10:47 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The original change is NOT correct, as it does not correctly unwind from
> the resources that was allocated before the call to
> platform_driver_register().
> 
> As platform_driver_register() should never really fail here, I'll just
> revert this patch and maybe someone, if they care about this driver, can
> unwind the mess here.  Given that this driver doesn't look to ever be
> able to be unloaded from the system, failing the init call does not look
> to be a wise idea.

Please go ahead. I was out-of-office for the last few days.