Hi Heiner, On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 09:44:50PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > > +/* > + * Serialize device instantiation in case it can be instantiated explicitly > + * and by auto-detection > + */ > +static int i2c_lock_addr(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr, > + unsigned short flags) > +{ > + if (!(flags & I2C_CLIENT_TEN) && > + test_and_set_bit(addr, adap->addrs_in_instantiation)) > + return -EBUSY; Why don't you add a list of client devices to the adapter structure instead of using bitmap? Then you could handle cases with 10 bit addresses as well. I know that there is already a list of children in the driver core, but it is populated too late for what we need. Thanks. -- Dmitry