gpio_direction_output() may fail, check for that and deal with it appropriately. Also log an error message if gpio_request() fails. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter.korsgaard@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-3.7.orig/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c 2012-12-15 14:52:47.368991730 +0100 +++ linux-3.7/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c 2013-03-03 14:27:21.003905620 +0100 @@ -123,10 +123,21 @@ static int __devinit i2c_mux_gpio_probe( for (i = 0; i < pdata->n_gpios; i++) { ret = gpio_request(gpio_base + pdata->gpios[i], "i2c-mux-gpio"); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to request GPIO %d\n", + pdata->gpios[i]); goto err_request_gpio; - gpio_direction_output(gpio_base + pdata->gpios[i], - initial_state & (1 << i)); + } + + ret = gpio_direction_output(gpio_base + pdata->gpios[i], + initial_state & (1 << i)); + if (ret) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, + "Failed to set direction of GPIO %d to output\n", + pdata->gpios[i]); + i++; + goto err_request_gpio; + } } for (i = 0; i < pdata->n_values; i++) { -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html