synths[] array caches currently loaded synths. synth_add checks synths[] before adding a new one. It however ignores the result of do_synth_init. So when do_synth_init fails, the failed synth is still cached. Since, as a result module loading fails too, synth_remove - which is responsible for removing the cached synth - is never called. Next time the failing synth is added again it succeeds because synth_add finds it cached inside synths[]. This patch fixes this by caching a synth only after do_synth_init succeeds. Signed-off-by: Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c @@ -445,10 +445,15 @@ int synth_add(struct spk_synth *in_synth mutex_unlock(&spk_mutex); return -1; } - synths[i++] = in_synth; - synths[i] = NULL; + if (in_synth->startup) status = do_synth_init(in_synth); + + if (!status) { + synths[i++] = in_synth; + synths[i] = NULL; + } + mutex_unlock(&spk_mutex); return status; } _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel