Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: gpiolib: set gpiochip_remove retval to void

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri May 30 2014 - 07:39:30 EST


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:30 PM, abdoulaye berthe <berthe.ab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> @@ -1263,10 +1263,9 @@ static void gpiochip_irqchip_remove(struct gpio_chip *gpiochip);
> *
> * A gpio_chip with any GPIOs still requested may not be removed.
> */
> -int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
> +void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> - int status = 0;
> unsigned id;
>
> acpi_gpiochip_remove(chip);
> @@ -1278,24 +1277,15 @@ int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
> of_gpiochip_remove(chip);
>
> for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++) {
> - if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags)) {
> - status = -EBUSY;
> - break;
> - }
> - }
> - if (status == 0) {
> - for (id = 0; id < chip->ngpio; id++)
> - chip->desc[id].chip = NULL;
> -
> - list_del(&chip->list);
> + if (test_bit(FLAG_REQUESTED, &chip->desc[id].flags))
> + panic("gpio: removing gpiochip with gpios still requested\n");

panic?

Is this likely to happen?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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