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)
commit5a0400aca5fa7c6b8ba456c311a460e733571c88
tree69f7b348eefb05d690dbc808b43bd884041dccc0
parent784e010ed1e1c5ab7d5344dba6928c8a458f4105
media: v4l2-ctrls: Don't reset handler's error in v4l2_ctrl_handler_free()

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