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

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Message-ID: <20170827133454.ffroiht5ayfqyr4k@ninjato>
Date:   Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:34:54 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper@...com>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk, nsekhar@...com,
        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 Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 05:17:13PM -0500, 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>

Applied to for-next, thanks!

Waiting for V3 of the other patches.


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