Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Date | Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:05:31 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: devres: shrink devm_gpiochip_add_data_with_key() |
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 5:02 PM Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:42 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl> wrote: > > > > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> > > > > If all we want to manage is a single pointer, there's no need to > > manually allocate and add a new devres. We can simply use > > devm_add_action_or_reset() and shrink the code by a good bit. > > Yes, it is possible to convert all one-function-based devm_*() > wrappers to use this approach. > > The problem is, it will call the release() function on error which is > new (and probably undesired) behaviour. > I suppose you meant devm_add_action() here.
Ah, now it seems I got it. You need to release the chip in case if devm_add_action() fail. Dunno if devm_add_action() can somehow change the logic to be clearer here...
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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