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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/6] i2c: Ignore return value of i2c_del_adapter()
Hi Jean,

On 03/30/2013 08:55 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Lars-Peter,
>
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 19:16:46 +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>> i2c_del_adapter() always returns 0.
>
> I beg you pardon? i2c_del_adapter() starts with:
>
> int i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
> {
> int res = 0;
> struct i2c_adapter *found;
> struct i2c_client *client, *next;
>
> /* First make sure that this adapter was ever added */
> mutex_lock(&core_lock);
> found = idr_find(&i2c_adapter_idr, adap->nr);
> mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
> if (found != adap) {
> pr_debug("i2c-core: attempting to delete unregistered "
> "adapter [%s]\n", adap->name);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> /* Tell drivers about this removal */
> mutex_lock(&core_lock);
> res = bus_for_each_drv(&i2c_bus_type, NULL, adap,
> __process_removed_adapter);
> mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
> if (res)
> return res;
> (...)
>
> So, no, it doesn't "always return 0".
>

Patch 1 and 2 in this series remove those two instances:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/9/72
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/9/86

For an explanation why this should be done please take a look at the cover
letter to this patch series https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/9/73

- Lars


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