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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)
committerHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:47:41 +0000 (08:47 +0200)
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>
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls-core.c

index b45809a82f9a66c5fbcea764e6423e7d68a525de..d28596c720d8a491e56cd96b4c92fcea8387d2a5 100644 (file)
@@ -1661,7 +1661,6 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *hdl)
        kvfree(hdl->buckets);
        hdl->buckets = NULL;
        hdl->cached = NULL;
-       hdl->error = 0;
        mutex_unlock(hdl->lock);
        mutex_destroy(&hdl->_lock);
 }