linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Don't return -EPROBE

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:26:33 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: Don't return -EPROBE_DEFER to sysfs, or for
 invalid gpios

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Mathias Nyman
<mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> gpios requested with invalid numbers, or gpios requested from userspace via sysfs
> should not try to be deferred on failure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>

Very good catch. I applied this to my fixes branch and also
put the stable tag on this thing, it goes way back to the introduction
of deffered probe.

Mark: OK with this?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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