Hi Denis, Thank you for the patch,
On 07/07/2019 22:04, Denis Efremov wrote: > The functions i2c_new_client_device and i2c_new_dummy_device are declared > static and marked EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), which is at best an odd combination. > Because the functions were decided to be a part of API, this commit removes > the static attributes and adds the declarations to the header. I'm afraid I think Wolfram pipped you to the post on this one. He posted a very similar fix [0] on the 24th June. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-renesas-soc/20190624170402.6944-1-wsa+rene...@sang-engineering.com/ I believe his patch is already applied and on it's way through the trees. Regards Kieran > Fixes: 7159dbdae3c5 ("i2c: core: improve return value handling of > i2c_new_device and i2c_new_dummy") > Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efre...@linux.com> > --- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 4 ++-- > include/linux/i2c.h | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c > index 9e43508d4567..7792fa40fc32 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c > @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int i2c_dev_irq_from_resources(const struct > resource *resources, > * This returns the new i2c client, which may be saved for later use with > * i2c_unregister_device(); or an ERR_PTR to describe the error. > */ > -static struct i2c_client * > +struct i2c_client * > i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const > *info) > { > struct i2c_client *client; > @@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver dummy_driver = { > * This returns the new i2c client, which should be saved for later use with > * i2c_unregister_device(); or an ERR_PTR to describe the error. > */ > -static struct i2c_client * > +struct i2c_client * > i2c_new_dummy_device(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u16 address) > { > struct i2c_board_info info = { > diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h > index 1308126fc384..fa42f6f594ce 100644 > --- a/include/linux/i2c.h > +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h > @@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ struct i2c_board_info { > extern struct i2c_client * > i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info); > > +extern struct i2c_client * > +i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, > + struct i2c_board_info const *info); > + > /* If you don't know the exact address of an I2C device, use this variant > * instead, which can probe for device presence in a list of possible > * addresses. The "probe" callback function is optional. If it is provided, > @@ -457,6 +461,9 @@ extern int i2c_probe_func_quick_read(struct i2c_adapter > *, unsigned short addr); > extern struct i2c_client * > i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address); > > +extern struct i2c_client * > +i2c_new_dummy_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address); > + > extern struct i2c_client * > devm_i2c_new_dummy_device(struct device *dev, struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 > address); > >
