linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backlight: pwm: handle EPROBE

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Message-ID: <20150525112718.5f7e2d7d@bbrezillon>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2015 11:27:18 +0200
From:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
	thierry.reding@...il.com, jg1.han@...sung.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backlight: pwm: handle EPROBE_DEFER while requesting
 the PWM

Hi Lee,

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:02:24 +0000
Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> 
> > When trying to request the PWM device with devm_pwm_get(), the EPROBE_DEFER
> > flag is not handled properly. It can lead to the PWM not being found.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> Applied, thanks.

I don't see this patch in Linus' tree (actually, it's not even in
linux-next).
I don't know where it's stuck, but could you make sure it reaches
mainline for 4.2 (or 4.1 if it's not to late) ?

Best Regards,

Boris




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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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