linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] clocksource: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 16:07:12 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] clocksource: Convert to platform remove callback
 returning void

Hello Daniel,

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 03:54:11PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 13/03/2023 08:54, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > this patch series adapts the platform drivers below drivers/clk
> > to use the .remove_new() callback. Compared to the traditional .remove()
> > callback .remove_new() returns no value. This is a good thing because
> > the driver core doesn't (and cannot) cope for errors during remove. The
> > only effect of a non-zero return value in .remove() is that the driver
> > core emits a warning. The device is removed anyhow and an early return
> > from .remove() usually yields a resource leak.
> > 
> > Most clocksource drivers are not supposed to be removed. Two drivers are
> > adapted here to actually prevent removal. One driver is fixed not to
> > return an error code in .remove() and then the two remaining drivers
> > with a remove callback are trivially converted to .remove_new().
> > 
> 
> Applied and fixed up patch #2

Great. Thank you.

Best regards
Uwe

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