If "buf" wasn't equal to LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT the probe fails but we still return zero. I've changed it to print an error message and return -EINVAL. Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c index 2bee6b9..cb8a522 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c @@ -788,10 +788,17 @@ static int lp5521_probe(struct i2c_client *client, * LP5521_REG_ENABLE register will not have any effect - strange! */ ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_R_CURRENT, &buf); - if (ret || buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) { + if (ret) { dev_err(&client->dev, "error in resetting chip\n"); goto fail2; } + if (buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) { + dev_err(&client->dev, + "unexpected data in register (expected 0x%x got 0x%x)\n", + LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT, buf); + ret = -EINVAL; + goto fail2; + } usleep_range(10000, 20000); ret = lp5521_detect(client); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html