linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 4/6] media: platform: synopsys: Add support for HDMI input driver

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Message-ID: <d13f13ac-1501-4427-b6d3-ee161eeb932a@collabora.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:19:01 +0300
From: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@...labora.com>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
 Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel@...labora.com>, Heiko Stuebner
 <heiko@...ech.de>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, jose.abreu@...opsys.com, nelson.costa@...opsys.com,
 shawn.wen@...k-chips.com, nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com,
 Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
Cc: kernel@...labora.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, Tim Surber <me@...surber.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/6] media: platform: synopsys: Add support for HDMI
 input driver

On 2/24/25 00:11, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>>>
>>>> +    ret = cec_register_adapter(cec->adap, cec->dev);
>>>> +    if (ret < 0) {
>>>> +        dev_err(cec->dev, "cec register adapter failed\n");
>>>> +        cec_unregister_adapter(cec->adap);
>>>
>>> Is it needed to call cec_unregister_adapter() when
>>> cec_register_adapter() fails?
>>
>> Yes, it's confusing, but unregister is needed to free the adapter
>> properly, it's prepared to do it. Thanks for the review.
>>
> 
> I don't know this API, so you'll get the last word, but
> cec_unregister_adapter() does not seem to do that many things in such a
> case, unless I miss something. See [1].
> 
> CJ
> 
> [1]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.14-rc3/source/drivers/media/
> cec/core/cec-core.c#L370

On a second look, apparently you're right and
cec_notifier_cec_adap_unregister() should be used there.

-- 
Best regards,
Dmitry