linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] i2c: davinci: Preserve return value of devm_clk

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Message-ID: <b822d556-40e1-f9c9-b135-ae9115ce52a5@ti.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:10:13 +0530
From:   Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
To:     Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper@...com>, <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        <robh+dt@...nel.org>, <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        <vigneshr@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] i2c: davinci: Preserve return value of
 devm_clk_get

On Thursday 17 August 2017 03:47 AM, Franklin S Cooper Jr wrote:
> The i2c driver can run into driver dependency issues if its loaded
> before a clock driver it depends on. Therefore, EPROBE_DEFER may be
> returned by devm_clk_get and should be returned in probe to allow the
> kernel to reprobe the driver at a later time. This patch allows the error
> value returned by devm_clk_get to be passed through and not overwritten.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper@...com>
> Reviewed-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>

Acked-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>

Thanks,
Sekhar