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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c index c12edc8e91df..265d6a6583bc 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ struct ssif_addr_info { struct device *dev; struct i2c_client *client; + struct i2c_client *added_client; + struct mutex clients_mutex; struct list_head clients; @@ -1641,15 +1643,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) out: if (rv) { - /* - * Note that if addr_info->client is assigned, we - * leave it. The i2c client hangs around even if we - * return a failure here, and the failure here is not - * propagated back to the i2c code. This seems to be - * design intent, strange as it may be. But if we - * don't leave it, ssif_platform_remove will not remove - * the client like it should. - */ + addr_info->client = NULL; dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv); kfree(ssif_info); } @@ -1669,7 +1663,8 @@ static int ssif_adapter_handler(struct device *adev, void *opaque) if (adev->type != &i2c_adapter_type) return 0; - i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev), &addr_info->binfo); + addr_info->added_client = i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev), + &addr_info->binfo); if (!addr_info->adapter_name) return 1; /* Only try the first I2C adapter by default. */ @@ -1842,7 +1837,7 @@ static int ssif_platform_remove(struct platform_device *dev) return 0; mutex_lock(&ssif_infos_mutex); - i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->client); + i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->added_client); list_del(&addr_info->link); kfree(addr_info); |