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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdV6AtjD2aqO3buzj8Eo7A7xc_+ROYnxEi2sdjMaqFiAuA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 13:39:15 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>, m@...s.ch,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip_remove retval to void

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:30 PM, abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@...il.com> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> @@ -1263,10 +1263,9 @@ static void gpiochip_irqchip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gpiochip);
>   *
>   * A gpio_chip with any GPIOs still requested may not be removed.
>   */
> -int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
>  {
>         unsigned long   flags;
> -       int             status = 0;
>         unsigned        id;
>
>         acpi_gpiochip_remove(chip);
> @@ -1278,24 +1277,15 @@ int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
>         of_gpiochip_remove(chip);
>
>         for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++) {
> -               if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags)) {
> -                       status = -EBUSY;
> -                       break;
> -               }
> -       }
> -       if (status == 0) {
> -               for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++)
> -                       chip->desc[id].chip = NULL;
> -
> -               list_del(&chip->list);
> +               if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags))
> +                       panic("gpio: removing gpiochip with gpios still requested\n");

panic?

Is this likely to happen?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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