[alsa-devel] [PATCH 09/21] ASoC: soc-core: remove unneeded snd_soc_tplg_component_remove()

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

>>> snd_soc_tplg_component_remove() is topology related cleanup function.
>>> The driver which added topology needed cleanup it, not by soc-core.
>>> Only topology user skl-pcm is calling it, there is no effect by
>>> this patch.
> (snip)
>>> --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
>>> +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
>>> @@ -2870,8 +2870,6 @@ static int __snd_soc_unregister_component(struct device *dev)
>>>    		if (dev != component->dev)
>>>    			continue;
>>>    -		snd_soc_tplg_component_remove(component,
>>> -					      SND_SOC_TPLG_INDEX_ALL);
>>>    		snd_soc_component_del_unlocked(component);
> (snip)
>> the SOF driver also calls snd_soc_tplg_component_remove(), so not sure
>> what you meant by the comment?
> 
> Ahh, yes indeed.
> 
> My opinion is that driver who called _load() need to call _remove()
> under his responsibility.
> 
> Today, skl-pcm and topology are the user.
> They are calling both _load() and_remove().
> Thus, I think soc-core don't need to call it ?
> 
> If we want to keep it as robustness,
> I want to have this comment, otherwise very confusable,
> because soc-core never call _load() but calling _remove()
> 
> 	/* For framework level robustness */
> 	snd_soc_tplg_component_remove(...);

I would need Ranjani's help here. I vaguely remember that at some point 
we relied on the topology being removed by the framework, then we did it 
on our own but can't recall the reason.

Ranjani, if you've got power now, can you chime in?