From ab4e4c07aca7b33f8d00c5d6b083a564660ca8a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Walleij Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:18:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: back out silently on probe deferrals When trying to get a regulator we may get deferred and we see this noise: smsc911x 1b800000.ethernet-ebi2 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): couldn't get regulators -517 Then the driver continues anyway. Which means that the regulator may not be properly retrieved and reference counted, and may be switched off in case noone else is using it. Fix this by returning silently on deferred probe and let the system work it out. Cc: Jeremy Linton Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c index e9b8579e6241..8b0016a785c0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c @@ -438,9 +438,16 @@ static int smsc911x_request_resources(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = regulator_bulk_get(&pdev->dev, ARRAY_SIZE(pdata->supplies), pdata->supplies); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + /* + * Retry on deferrals, else just report the error + * and try to continue. + */ + if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) + return ret; netdev_err(ndev, "couldn't get regulators %d\n", ret); + } /* Request optional RESET GPIO */ pdata->reset_gpiod = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev,