You can check if ret == -ETIMEDOUT in the error path instead of allocating another variable. You also generated the patch with your /arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile changes. -- 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