Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: back out silently on probe deferrals

2016-12-09 Thread David Miller
From: Linus Walleij Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:18:00 +0100 > When trying to get a regulator we may get deferred and we see > this noise: > > smsc911x 1b80.ethernet-ebi2 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): >couldn't get regulators -517 > > Then the driver continues anyway. Which means t

[PATCH] net: smsc911x: back out silently on probe deferrals

2016-12-09 Thread Linus Walleij
When trying to get a regulator we may get deferred and we see this noise: smsc911x 1b80.ethernet-ebi2 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): couldn't get regulators -517 Then the driver continues anyway. Which means that the regulator may not be properly retrieved and reference counted, and