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Subject: Re: [PATCH 51/69] dmaengine: qcom_hidma: comment
 platform_driver_register call
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
References: <20210503115736.2104747-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 <20210503115736.2104747-52-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org>
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Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 08:57:27 -0400
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On 5/3/2021 7:57 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
> 
> Place a comment in hidma_mgmt_init explaining why success must
> currently be assumed, due to the cleanup issue that would need to
> be considered were this module ever to be unloadable or were this
> platform_driver_register call ever to fail.
> 
> Cc: Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org>
> Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> index fe87b01f7a4e..62026607f3f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> @@ -418,6 +418,20 @@ static int __init hidma_mgmt_init(void)
>  		hidma_mgmt_of_populate_channels(child);
>  	}
>  #endif
> +	/*
> +	 * We do not check for return value here, as it is assumed that
> +	 * platform_driver_register must not fail. The reason for this is that
> +	 * the (potential) hidma_mgmt_of_populate_channels calls above are not
> +	 * cleaned up if it does fail, and to do this work is quite
> +	 * complicated. In particular, various calls of of_address_to_resource,
> +	 * of_irq_to_resource, platform_device_register_full, of_dma_configure,
> +	 * and of_msi_configure which then call other functions and so on, must
> +	 * be cleaned up - this is not a trivial exercise.
> +	 *
> +	 * Currently, this module is not intended to be unloaded, and there is
> +	 * no module_exit function defined which does the needed cleanup. For
> +	 * this reason, we have to assume success here.
> +	 */
>  	platform_driver_register(&hidma_mgmt_driver);
>  
>  	return 0;
> 

Acked-By: Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org>