On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 13:46:52 +0100
Russell King - ARM Linux <li...@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 08:17:39AM +0200, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> > The function kirkwood_i2s_dev_remove() may be used when probe fails.
>
> Looking at this deeper, I'm not happy with this.
[snip]
> What this means is that if snd_soc_register_component() fails, we end
> up calling snd_soc_unregister_component(). This may be fine with the
> way snd_soc_unregister_component() is currently implemented, but you're
> making the assumption that it's fine to call snd_soc_unregister_component()
> for a device which hasn't been registered. Technically, this is a
> layering violation, which makes this change fragile if the behaviour
> of snd_soc_unregister_component() changes in the future.
>
> For the sake of two calls in the error path, I don't think the benefits
> of this patch outweigh the risk.
You are right, but if snd_soc_unregister_component() could be
officially used safely with no previous call to
snd_soc_register_component(), this would simplify error handling in
other drivers too...
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