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media: v4l2-ctrls: Don't reset handler's error in v4l2_ctrl_handler_free()
authorSakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Thu, 8 May 2025 15:55:38 +0000 (18:55 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:28:37 +0000 (16:28 +0200)
commitecb7382089bc6895519d38b1a08e4ba0d6d47552
tree5856e35d11d3add6542fbe7e9f6595c1767e30a6
parentb3433cffee8da62e93ab54d5d1083cd643f8d3a7
media: v4l2-ctrls: Don't reset handler's error in v4l2_ctrl_handler_free()

commit 5a0400aca5fa7c6b8ba456c311a460e733571c88 upstream.

It's a common pattern in drivers to free the control handler's resources
and then return the handler's error code on drivers' error handling paths.
Alas, the v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() function also zeroes the error field,
effectively indicating successful return to the caller.

There's no apparent need to touch the error field while releasing the
control handler's resources and cleaning up stale pointers. Not touching
the handler's error field is a more certain way to address this problem
than changing all the users, in which case the pattern would be likely to
re-emerge in new drivers.

Do just that, don't touch the control handler's error field in
v4l2_ctrl_handler_free().

Fixes: 0996517cf8ea ("V4L/DVB: v4l2: Add new control handling framework")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c