Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] spi: mark device nodes only in case of successful instantiation

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Ralf Ramsauer
<ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Instantiated SPI device nodes are marked with OF_POPULATE. This was
> introduced in bd6c164. On unloading, loaded device nodes will of course
> be unmarked. The problem are nodes that fail during initialisation: If a
> node fails, it won't be unloaded and hence not be unmarked.
>
> If a SPI driver module is unloaded and reloaded, it will skip nodes that
> failed before.
>
> Skip device nodes that are already populated and mark them only in case
> of success.
>
> Note that the same issue exists for I2C.
>
> Fixes: bd6c164 ("spi: Mark instantiated device nodes with OF_POPULATE")
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Ramsauer <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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