netdev - Re: [PATCH net] stmmac: dwmac-sunxi: Call exit cleanup function in probe error path

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:12:18 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wens@...e.org
Cc:	peppe.cavallaro@...com, maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, manabian@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] stmmac: dwmac-sunxi: Call exit cleanup function in
 probe error path

From: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:03:49 +0800

> dwmac-sunxi has 2 callbacks that were called from stmmac_platform as
> part of the probe and remove sequences.
> 
> Ater the conversion of dwmac-sunxi into a standalone platform driver,
> the .init function is called before calling into the stmmac driver
> core, but .exit is not called to clean up if stmmac returns an error.
> 
> This patch fixes the probe error path. This properly cleans up and
> releases resources when the driver core fails to probe.
> 
> Cc: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>
> Fixes: 9a9e9a1edee8 ("stmmac: dwmac-sunxi: turn setup callback into a
> 		      probe function")
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>

Applied, thanks.
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