Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 May 2023 17:26:32 +0200 | From | Uwe Kleine-König <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.3 34/44] media: cros-ec-cec: Don't exit early in .remove() callback |
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Hello,
On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 10:56:22PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> > > [ Upstream commit 0ff7aee24e47beb4306ce050824b54147f2fabfa ] > > Exiting early in remove without releasing all acquired resources yields > leaks. Note that e.g. memory allocated with devm_zalloc() is freed after > .remove() returns, even if the return code was negative. > > While blocking_notifier_chain_unregister() won't fail and so the > change is somewhat cosmetic, platform driver's .remove callbacks are > about to be converted to return void. To prepare that, keep the error > message but don't return early. > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> > Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
While I'm positive this change doesn't break anything, it also doesn't fix anything and is only cosmetic (+ preparing a later change).
Unless you need it as a dependency I'd say, don't backport it for stable.
Best regards Uwe
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