Re: [Alsa-devel] [PATCH] Driver core: Don't ignore error returns from probing

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:12:49 -0400 (EDT),
Alan Stern <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm still not sure why bus_attach_device() was split off from 
> bus_add_device() in the first place.  Was it just so that the 
> kobject_uevent() call could go in between?

I think yes. This was added in
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115092084915731&w=2

> This looks okay, but it would be better if bus_remove_device() did not
> directly call bus_delete_device().  Just add an extra call inside
> device_del(), so that everything remains symmetrical.
> 
> While I'm harping on style issues, you should also capitalize AttachError
> so that it matches the form of the other statement labels nearby.  And in
> bus_remove_device() you should put all the code inside the "if" block
> instead of returning when dev->bus isn't set, just as the neighboring
> subroutines do.

OK, new patch on the way.

-- 
Cornelia Huck
Linux for zSeries Developer
Tel.: +49-7031-16-4837, Mail: [email protected]
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux