Re: linux-next: manual merge of the usb tree with the usb.current tree
From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Apr 23 2018 - 04:41:20 EST
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:30:11AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 01:04:44PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the usb tree got a conflict in:
> >
> > drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> >
> > between commit:
> >
> > 63cb03f5c11e ("usb: core: split usb_phy_roothub_{init,alloc}")
> >
> > from the usb.current tree and commit:
> >
> > bc40f5341741 ("USB: core: hcd: drop support for legacy phys")
> >
> > from the usb tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (see below - though I am not sure what happens to the
> > phy_roothub allocation when usb_phy_roothub_init fails) and can carry
> > the fix as necessary.
>
> The resolution looks correct to me. The allocations done by
> usb_phy_roothub_alloc() are device managed and would be freed on probe
> failures (or unbind) so not explicit dealloc is needed. It might be a
> good idea to indicate that in the function name however (i.e. to add a
> devm_ prefix).
I'll take this same resolution when the branches get merged, thanks.
And yes, being more explicit would be a good idea for the function
name...
thanks,
greg k-h