[PATCH] backlight: pwm: handle EPROBE_DEFER while requesting the PWM

[Lee Jones]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Nicolas Ferre wrote:

> When trying to request the PWM device with devm_pwm_get(), the EPROBE_DEFER
> flag is not handled properly. It can lead to the PWM not being found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> index 3a145a643e0d..6897f1c1bc73 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
> @@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	pb->pwm = devm_pwm_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(pb->pwm)) {
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(pb->pwm);
> +		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> +			goto err_alloc;
> +
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to request PWM, trying legacy API\n");
>  		pb->legacy = true;
>  		pb->pwm = pwm_request(data->pwm_id, "pwm-backlight");

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Lee Jones
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