linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: nvidia-shield: Fix the error handling path of shield

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Message-ID: <87msxns3nv.fsf@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:16:20 -0700
From:   Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     jikos@...nel.org, benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: nvidia-shield: Fix the error handling path of
 shield_probe()

Hi Christophe,

On Sat, 26 Aug, 2023 19:42:16 +0200 Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
> This serie fixes some missing clean-up function calls in the error handling of
> the probe.
>
> Patch 1 and 2 fix some similar issues introduced in 2 different commits (hence 2
> patches)
>
> Patch 3 is a proposal to be more future proof.
>
>
> *Note*: I'm not 100% sure that the order of the functions is the best one in
> thunderstrike_destroy(), but it is the way it was.
>
> My personal preference would be to undo things in reverse order they are
> allocated, such as:
> 	led_classdev_unregister(&ts->led_dev);
> 	power_supply_unregister(ts->base.battery_dev.psy);
> 	if (ts->haptics_dev)
> 		input_unregister_device(ts->haptics_dev);
> 	ida_free(&thunderstrike_ida, ts->id);
> This order was explicitly chnaged by 3ab196f88237, so, as I can't test the
> changes on a real harware, I've left it as-is.
>
> Christophe JAILLET (3):
>   HID: nvidia-shield: Fix a missing led_classdev_unregister() in the
>     probe error handling path
>   HID: nvidia-shield: Fix some missing function calls() in the probe
>     error handling path
>   HID: nvidia-shield: Introduce thunderstrike_destroy()
>
>  drivers/hid/hid-nvidia-shield.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

I was wondering if you have time to address the comments in this
submission. If not, I can re-spin the patches with the needed changes in
upcoming days.

--
Thanks,

Rahul Rameshbabu