linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] macintosh: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:27:33 +1100
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Dmitry Torokhov
 <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
 linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] macintosh: Convert to platform remove callback
 returning void

Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> writes:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 04:42:47PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> this series converts all drivers below drivers/macintosh to use
>> .remove_new(). See commit 5c5a7680e67b ("platform: Provide a remove
>> callback that returns no value") for an extended explanation and the
>> eventual goal. The TL;DR; is to make it harder for driver authors to
>> leak resources without noticing.
>> 
>> This is merge window material. All patches are pairwise independent of
>> each other so they can be applied individually. There isn't a maintainer
>> for drivers/macintosh, I'm still sending this as a series in the hope
>> Michael feels repsonsible and applies it completely.
>
> this didn't happen yet. Michael, is this still on your radar?

Yes, just behind as always. Thanks for the reminder.

cheers