linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: make bus recovery through pinctrl optional

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:55:19 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Li Yang <leoli@...escale.com>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Gao Pan <b54642@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: make bus recovery through pinctrl optional

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Li Yang <leoli@...escale.com> wrote:

> -       if (IS_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl)) {
> +       /* bailout on -ENOMEM or -EPROBE_DEFER, continue for other errors */
> +       if (PTR_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl) == -ENOMEM ||
> +                       PTR_ERR(i2c_imx->pinctrl) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {

This is one of the evils of deferred probe: you never know if
something will eventually turn up. It feels wrong to bail out
on deferred probe...

I have no better idea though.
Acked-by

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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