linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: call device_del() if device_add

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:13:01 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Wenchao Hao <haowenchao@...wei.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        syzbot+f08c77040fa163a75a46@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, linfeilong@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: call device_del() if device_add_disk() fails

On gioved? 31 marzo 2022 11:13:27 CEST Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> .. and then the cleanup patch would need the same logic.  But thinking
> about it I don't think we actually can do that due to the split
> unregistration.  So I take my suggestion back.
> 

If I understand correctly, after thinking about it some more, you decided 
to withdraw your own suggestion.

Dan had already approved this patch.

Therefore, I'll leave the patch as it is now and wait for someone to place
a "Reviewed-by" tag and Maintainers to merge (if, in the meantime, nobody 
else require further changes).

Thanks,

Fabio