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Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and mfd_release_devices

From Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and mfd_release_devices
Date 2016-04-07 13:50 +0200
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2016, Laxman Dewangan wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> Thanks for review.
> I will send another patch with incorporating your comments.
> 
> 
> On Thursday 07 April 2016 04:14 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> >On Tue, 05 Apr 2016, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> >
> >+	if (!ret) {
> >+		*ptr = dev;
> >+		devres_add(dev, ptr);
> >+	} else {
> >+		devres_free(ptr);
> >+	}
> >Switch these round.  If you encounter a problem, free and return.  If
> >not, skip the error handling and add the device outside of the if().
> 
> Like below?
> 
> if (ret) {
>      devres_free(ptr);
>      return ret;
> }
> 
> *ptr = dev;
> devres_add(dev, ptr);
> 
> return ret;

This is more in line with what I expect, yes.

> >>+ * Remove all mfd devices added on the device.
> >s/mfd/MFD/
> >
> >'D' already means devices, so here you are saying "devices devices".
> >Please re-word.  Besides, you need to be more specific as to which
> >"devices on the devices" you are detailing, since this sentence
> >doesn't really make a great deal of sense.
> Wanted to say
> Remove all devices added by mfd_add_devices()  from parent device.

Remove all chlid-devices?

> >>+ * Normally this function will not need to be called and the resource
> >>+ * management code will ensure that the resource is freed.
> >Then what is the purpose of providing it?  Do you have a user?
> 
> To have pair of release. I have not seen the usage of most of
> devm_*_release() function other than devm_kfree().

Unless you have a need or a user, I would omit this for now.

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Lee Jones
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[PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and mfd_release_devices Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com> - 2016-04-05 14:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and  mfd_release_devices Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-04-07 12:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and mfd_release_devices Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com> - 2016-04-07 13:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and  mfd_release_devices Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-04-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 01/20] mfd: Add devm_ apis for mfd_add_devices and mfd_release_devices Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com> - 2016-04-07 14:00 +0200

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