gpios requested with invalid numbers, or gpios requested from userspace via sysfs should not try to be deferred on failure.
Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <[email protected]> --- drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 141f793..b59d240 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -651,9 +651,11 @@ static ssize_t export_store(struct class *class, */ status = gpio_request(gpio, "sysfs"); - if (status < 0) + if (status < 0) { + if (status == -EPROBE_DEFER) + status = -ENODEV; goto done; - + } status = gpio_export(gpio, true); if (status < 0) gpio_free(gpio); @@ -1220,8 +1222,10 @@ int gpio_request(unsigned gpio, const char *label) spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags); - if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio)) + if (!gpio_is_valid(gpio)) { + status = -EINVAL; goto done; + } desc = &gpio_desc[gpio]; chip = desc->chip; if (chip == NULL) -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

