netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: stmmac: dwmac-starfive: improve error handling during probe

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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2023 19:35:41 +0200
From: Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>, Samin Guo <samin.guo@...rfivetech.com>, 
	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>, Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, 
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: stmmac: dwmac-starfive: improve error
 handling during probe

On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 at 15:59, Russell King (Oracle)
<linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 09:41:49PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > After stmmac_probe_config_dt() succeeds, when error happens later,
> > stmmac_remove_config_dt() needs to be called for proper error handling.
>
> Have you thought about converting to use devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt()
> which will call stmmac_remove_config_dt() if the probe fails or when
> the device is unbound?

+1. Using devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt() seems like a better solution.

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