netdev - Re: [PATCH] nfc: st95hf: Make spi remove() callback return zero

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Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:29:06 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfc: st95hf: Make spi remove() callback return zero

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 09:09:04AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 20/10/2021 09:05, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > Hello Krzysztof,
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 08:55:51AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 19/10/2021 22:49, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> >>> If something goes wrong in the remove callback, returning an error code
> >>> just results in an error message. The device still disappears.
> >>>
> >>> So don't skip disabling the regulator in st95hf_remove() if resetting
> >>> the controller via spi fails. Also don't return an error code which just
> >>> results in two error messages.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/nfc/st95hf/core.c | 6 ++----
> >>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
> > 
> > Given you're the listed maintainer for NFC, I wonder who will take this
> > patch? I expected you to take this patch and not "only" give your
> > Reviewed-by tag.
> > 
> 
> Yeah, it's not that obvious. Maybe I should write subsystem/maintainer
> guide for NFC...
> 
> All NFC patches are taken by netdev folks (David and Jakub) via
> patchwork. You did not CC them here, but you CC-ed the netdev, so let's
> hope it is enough. You also skipped linux-nfc, so you might need a file:
> 
>   $ cat .get_maintainer.conf
>   --s

Ah, I handpicked the recipents from the get_maintainer.pl output. (My
intention was to pick linux-nfc, not netdev. Either I misremember or cut
the wrong line.)

Anyhow, I added David and Jakub to Cc: to maybe increase my chances this
patch is noticed by them.

Thanks
Uwe

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