19 Apr
2024
19 Apr
'24
1:59 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 09:30:06AM -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
As a side note, the behavior of device_register() seems counterintuitive and error-prone, IMO. If the function returns an error, it should ensure it leaks no resource and shouldn't require the caller to do any cleanup.
I too want a pony, but that's not the way the code works here, sorry. It's always been like this, and has always been a problem, but last time I looked, there was no way to really fix this. That's why we document it a lot to make sure people don't get the error paths wrong here. I know it's a pain :(
sorry,
greg k-h