I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED is a flag and not an actual class. There's nothing speaking against both, parent and child, having I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED set. Therefore exclude it from the check. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> --- I'm not aware of any current issue, therefore no Fixes tag. However I'm preparing a change to i2c-i801 where this could be an issue. --- drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c index 313904be5..57ff09f18 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ int i2c_mux_add_adapter(struct i2c_mux_core *muxc, priv->adap.lock_ops = &i2c_parent_lock_ops; /* Sanity check on class */ - if (i2c_mux_parent_classes(parent) & class) + if (i2c_mux_parent_classes(parent) & class & ~I2C_CLASS_DEPRECATED) dev_err(&parent->dev, "Segment %d behind mux can't share classes with ancestors\n", chan_id); -- 2.42.0