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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 3/4] virtio: rng: delay hwrng_register() till driver is ready
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 08:41:24PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 08:11:16AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> >
> > > @@ -136,15 +137,6 @@ static int probe_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > > return err;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - err = hwrng_register(&vi->hwrng);
> > > - if (err) {
> > > - vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
> > > - vi->vq = NULL;
> > > - kfree(vi);
> > > - ida_simple_remove(&rng_index_ida, index);
> > > - return err;
> > > - }
> > > -
> >
> > This needs to stay. register, and failure to do so, should occur in the
> > probe routine.
>
> Why?

hmm, yes. On reviewing the code, my objection was silly. It mostly
stemmed from the commit message's mentioning of reduced error handling.

thx,

Jason.


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