It is possible for aliases to be exhausted while we are still attaching children. Allow replacing mapping on attach by calling i2c_atr_replace_mapping_by_addr() if i2c_atr_create_mapping_by_addr() fails. Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c index b9d63efce8e3..80a76fe4bf51 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-atr.c @@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ static int i2c_atr_attach_addr(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, mutex_lock(&chan->alias_pairs_lock); c2a = i2c_atr_create_mapping_by_addr(chan, addr); + if (!c2a) + c2a = i2c_atr_replace_mapping_by_addr(chan, addr); + if (!c2a) { dev_err(atr->dev, "failed to find a free alias\n"); ret = -EBUSY; -- 2.48.1