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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c index 806ca02c52d7..62026607f3f8 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c @@ -418,8 +418,23 @@ static int __init hidma_mgmt_init(void) hidma_mgmt_of_populate_channels(child); } #endif - return platform_driver_register(&hidma_mgmt_driver); + /* + * 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; } module_init(hidma_mgmt_init); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); |