On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:48 AM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-ci...@xs4all.nl> wrote: ... > > @@ -297,8 +298,6 @@ static int dw_hdmi_cec_probe(struct platform_device > > *pdev) > > */ > > devm_remove_action(&pdev->dev, dw_hdmi_cec_del, cec); > > I have to say that I find this remove action very confusing since it is > not obvious that this deletes the adapter on error. I would prefer that > the action is dropped and the normal 'goto' pattern is used for error > handling. Much easier to review. > > What do you think? > This pattern indeed seems uncommon - there are only a couple of references to devm_remove_action in the kernel, if I am counting this right. I am not sure, though, if this patch is the right place to make changes to the way resources are unwound.
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