[PATCH] platform: Make platform_driver::remove() return void
From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Mon May 27 2024 - 04:35:01 EST
struct platform_driver::remove returning an integer made driver authors
expect that returning an error code was proper error handling. However
the driver core ignores the error and continues to remove the device
because there is nothing the core could do anyhow and reentering the
remove callback again is only calling for trouble.
To prevent such wrong assumptions, change the return type of the remove
callback to void. This was prepared by introducing an alternative remove
callback returning void and converting all drivers to that. So .remove()
can be changed without further changes in drivers.
This corresponds to step b) of the plan outlined in commit
5c5a7680e67b ("platform: Provide a remove callback that returns no value").
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello Greg,
there are only very little platform drivers left in v6.10-rc1 that need
to be changed to .remove_new() before this patch can be applied. They
were all sent out to the respective maintainers, most of them suggested
to apply the patches together with this one.
You can fetch this patch together with all necessary commits from:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ukleinek/linux.git platform-remove-void
If you have no concerns, I can also provide you a signed tag for
pulling. I think that's easier than indiviually applying them, but I can
also send out the complete series if you prefer.
The overall shortlog looks as follows:
Uwe Kleine-König (18):
reset: meson-audio-arb: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
reset: rzg2l-usbphy-ctrl: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
reset: ti-sci: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
Merge branch 'reset/next' of git://git.pengutronix.de/pza/linux
fsi: master-aspeed: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
fsi: master-ast-cf: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
fsi: master-gpio: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
fsi: occ: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
pps: clients: gpio: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
gpu: host1x: mipi: Benefit from devm_clk_get_prepared()
drm/imagination: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
drm/mediatek: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
gpu: host1x: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
gpu: ipu-v3: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
nvdimm/e820: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
nvdimm/of_pmem: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
samples: qmi: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
platform: Make platform_driver::remove() return void
The patches to drivers/reset were applied for next, but Philipp didn't
come around to care for them entering v6.10-rc1. I merged them on top of
v6.10 with his consent.
For the samples patch I didn't receive any feedback even after two
pings. Also the nvdimm patches didn't get a maintainer blessing. The
others are fine.
I'd like to have this in next early now. I don't expect any fallouts
(allmodconfig builds done for arm64, riscv, m68k, x86_64 without
problems, mips failed for unrelated reasons) but it might affect new
code entering in the upcoming cycle.
Please tell me how you want to handle that, I'll do the necessary
preparations then.
Best regards
Uwe
drivers/base/platform.c | 10 ++--------
include/linux/platform_device.h | 15 +++++++--------
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 10c577963418..c8aa1be70526 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1420,14 +1420,8 @@ static void platform_remove(struct device *_dev)
struct platform_driver *drv = to_platform_driver(_dev->driver);
struct platform_device *dev = to_platform_device(_dev);
- if (drv->remove_new) {
- drv->remove_new(dev);
- } else if (drv->remove) {
- int ret = drv->remove(dev);
-
- if (ret)
- dev_warn(_dev, "remove callback returned a non-zero value. This will be ignored.\n");
- }
+ if (drv->remove)
+ drv->remove(dev);
dev_pm_domain_detach(_dev, true);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 7a41c72c1959..d422db6eec63 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -237,15 +237,14 @@ struct platform_driver {
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *);
/*
- * Traditionally the remove callback returned an int which however is
- * ignored by the driver core. This led to wrong expectations by driver
- * authors who thought returning an error code was a valid error
- * handling strategy. To convert to a callback returning void, new
- * drivers should implement .remove_new() until the conversion it done
- * that eventually makes .remove() return void.
+ * .remove_new() is a relic from a prototype conversion of .remove().
+ * New drivers are supposed to implement .remove(). Once all drivers are
+ * converted to not use .remove_new any more, it will be dropped.
*/
- int (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
- void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+ union {
+ void (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
+ void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+ };
void (*shutdown)(struct platform_device *);
int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *, pm_message_t state);
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