linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 50/69] Revert "dmaengine: qcom_hidma: Check for driver register failure"

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Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 19:01:34 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 50/69] Revert "dmaengine: qcom_hidma: Check for driver
 register failure"

On 03-05-21, 13:57, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This reverts commit a474b3f0428d6b02a538aa10b3c3b722751cb382.
> 
> Because of recent interactions with developers from @umn.edu, all
> commits from them have been recently re-reviewed to ensure if they were
> correct or not.
> 
> Upon review, this commit was found to be incorrect for the reasons
> below, so it must be reverted.  It will be fixed up "correctly" in a
> later kernel change.
> 
> 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().

Acked-By: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>

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~Vinod