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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dragan Cvetic <draganc@xilinx.com>
Cc: "arnd@arndb.de" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Michal Simek <michals@xilinx.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"robh+dt@kernel.org" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	"mark.rutland@arm.com" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@xilinx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 17:57:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190607155731.GB8752@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CH2PR02MB6359747C72220A978CCA807BCB100@CH2PR02MB6359.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>

On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 10:58:34AM +0000, Dragan Cvetic wrote:
> > On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:37:17PM +0100, Dragan Cvetic wrote:
> > > +static int xsdfec_dev_open(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr)
> > > +{
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int xsdfec_dev_release(struct inode *iptr, struct file *fptr)
> > > +{
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > empty open/close functions are never needed, just drop them.
> > 
> 
> open() is needed to allocate file descriptor eg.
> fd = open(dev_name, O_RDWR);

But you do nothing in those open/release callbacks.  Remove them and see
that the code works just fine :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-07 15:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-25 11:37 [PATCH V4 00/12] misc: xilinx sd-fec drive Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 01/12] dt-bindings: xilinx-sdfec: Add SDFEC binding Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 02/12] misc: xilinx-sdfec: add core driver Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-06 13:25   ` Greg KH
2019-06-06 18:16     ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-06 19:04       ` Greg KH
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 03/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add CCF support Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-06 13:26   ` Greg KH
2019-06-06 18:18     ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-06 13:28   ` Greg KH
2019-06-06 18:22     ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-07 10:58     ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-07 15:57       ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-06-08 19:40         ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 05/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Store driver config and state Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 06/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure turbo Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 07/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 08/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to get/set config Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 09/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Support poll file operation Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 10/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add stats & status ioctls Dragan Cvetic
2019-06-06 14:11   ` Greg KH
2019-06-06 18:27     ` Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 11/12] Docs: misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add documentation Dragan Cvetic
2019-05-25 11:37 ` [PATCH V4 12/12] MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for SD-FEC Dragan Cvetic

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