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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 8ec51b7777c6..a9a290999990 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3656,9 +3656,16 @@ static struct gpio_desc *gpiod_find(struct device *dev, const char *con_id,
chip = find_chip_by_name(p->chip_label);
if (!chip) {
- dev_err(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s\n",
- p->chip_label);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+ /*
+ * As the lookup table indicates a chip with
+ * p->chip_label should exist, assume it may
+ * still appear later and let the interested
+ * consumer be probed again or let the Deferred
+ * Probe infrastructure handle the error.
+ */
+ dev_warn(dev, "cannot find GPIO chip %s, deferring\n",
+ p->chip_label);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
}
if (chip->ngpio <= p->chip_hwnum) {