linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] uio: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:19:00 +0200
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] uio: Convert to platform remove callback returning
 void

Hello,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 10:31:00PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> this series converts the two platform drivers below drivers/uio that
> make use of .remove() to use .remove_new() instead.
> 
> 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. The drivers here get it right though and so can be
> converted trivially.
> 
> This is merge window material. The two patches are independent of each
> other so they can be applied individually if necessary. But I assume
> and suggest that Greg will pick them up together.
> 
> [..]
> 
> Uwe Kleine-König (2):
>   uio: fsl_elbc_gpcm: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
>   uio: pruss: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

The commit 1019fa4839c9 ("uio: pruss: Remove this driver") (currently in
next) makes the pruss patch obsolete. The fsl_elbc_gpcm patch was
applied.

Thanks
Uwe

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