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Message-ID: <20220718121618.rpagy3vinzgdokxa@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:16:18 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Georgi Djakov <djakov@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] interconnect: Make icc_provider_del() return void

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 12:10:34PM +0300, Georgi Djakov wrote:
> 
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> Thanks for the patchset!
> 
> On 15.07.22 23:36, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > All users ignore the return value of icc_provider_del(). Consequently
> > make it not return an error code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> >   drivers/interconnect/core.c           | 10 +++-------
> >   include/linux/interconnect-provider.h |  2 +-
> >   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/core.c b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
> > index 808f6e7a8048..25debded65a8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/interconnect/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
> > @@ -1057,29 +1057,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icc_provider_add);
> >   /**
> >    * icc_provider_del() - delete previously added interconnect provider
> >    * @provider: the interconnect provider that will be removed from topology
> > - *
> > - * Return: 0 on success, or an error code otherwise
> >    */
> > -int icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider)
> > +void icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider)
> >   {
> >   	mutex_lock(&icc_lock);
> >   	if (provider->users) {
> >   		pr_warn("interconnect provider still has %d users\n",
> >   			provider->users);
> >   		mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
> > -		return -EBUSY;
> > +		return;
> >   	}
> 
> Looks like provider->users is now useless, so we should remove it. But that
> could be a separate clean-up.

Well, it's still used to emit the warning. If this can trigger there is
indeed a problem though. If there are still users, they should hold a
reference to the device preventing its release.

> >   	if (!list_empty(&provider->nodes)) {
> >   		pr_warn("interconnect provider still has nodes\n");
> >   		mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
> > -		return -EBUSY;
> > +		return;
> >   	}
> >   	list_del(&provider->provider_list);
> >   	mutex_unlock(&icc_lock);
> > -
> > -	return 0;
> >   }
> >   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icc_provider_del);
> > diff --git a/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h b/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> > index 6bd01f7159c6..191f083d1f3b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> > @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void icc_node_add(struct icc_node *node, struct icc_provider *provider);
> >   void icc_node_del(struct icc_node *node);
> >   int icc_nodes_remove(struct icc_provider *provider);
> >   int icc_provider_add(struct icc_provider *provider);
> > -int icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider);
> > +void icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider);
> >   struct icc_node_data *of_icc_get_from_provider(struct of_phandle_args *spec);
> >   void icc_sync_state(struct device *dev);
> 
> We should also squash the following:
> 
> --- a/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> +++ b/include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static inline int icc_provider_add(struct icc_provider *provider)
>  	return -ENOTSUPP;
>  }
> 
> -static inline int icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider)
> +static inline void icc_provider_del(struct icc_provider *provider)
>  {
>  	return -ENOTSUPP;
>  }

Sent a v2 with this change (and also removed the return statement).

Thanks
Uwe

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