We can fail earlier in case multiple instance of the twl-core is tried to
be loaded.
The twl-core by design only supports one instance.
Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
index 547fed5..1827088 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,12 @@ twl_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (inuse) {
+ dev_dbg(&client->dev, "only one instance of %s allowed\n",
+ DRIVER_NAME);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
pdev = platform_device_alloc(DRIVER_NAME, -1);
if (!pdev) {
dev_err(&client->dev, "can't alloc pdev\n");
@@ -1188,12 +1194,6 @@ twl_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
goto free;
}
- if (inuse) {
- dev_dbg(&client->dev, "driver is already in use\n");
- status = -EBUSY;
- goto free;
- }
-
if ((id->driver_data) & TWL6030_CLASS) {
twl_id = TWL6030_CLASS_ID;
twl_map = &twl6030_map[0];
--
1.8.0.2
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