[PATCH v2 05/14] reset: warn on reset-gpio release

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 05:08:36 EST


While we implement an empty .release() callback for reset-gpio (driver
core requires it), this function will never actually be called as nobody
ever removes the device and the last reference is not dropped anywhere.

This is by design - once created, the reset-gpio device stays in memory.
Make the .release() callback emit a warning, should it ever be called
due to a programming bug.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/reset/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/reset/core.c b/drivers/reset/core.c
index 954df36a242e804b639027384700b8d988be0e90..3e55f794d539e4edc99104cb5396cac72ba30618 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/core.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/core.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static void __reset_control_put_internal(struct reset_control *rstc)

static void reset_gpio_aux_device_release(struct device *dev)
{
-
+ WARN("reset-gpio device %s should never have been removed", dev_name(dev));
}

static int reset_create_gpio_aux_device(struct reset_gpio_lookup *rgpio_dev,

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