Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] gpio: TS-5500 GPIO support

[Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:28:55PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:

Guess I won't wait for a more thorough off list review :)

> +static void ts5500_gpio_release(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	/* noop */
> +}

So, this really shouldn't be here...

> +static int __devinit ts5500_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	if (pdev == NULL)
> +		return -ENODEV;

Don't bother, the kernel got seriously confused if this happens.

> +	ret = platform_device_register(&ts5500_gpio_pdev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		platform_driver_unregister(&ts5500_gpio_driver);
> +		return ret;
> +	}

...probably what your release function should do is free the device
which should be dynamically allocated here, platform_device_alloc() will
do the right thing for you.  This isn't usually an issue for static
platform devices as they are registered from board files which can't be
unloaded.