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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 3219ee0dbfef..5ebf5af1d716 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all. You should use this to keep device-specific data. /* retrieve the value */ void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client); +Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field +to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this +automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will +touch this field. + Accessing the client ==================== diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index 3202a86f420e..b9306b1a6baa 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev) dev_dbg(dev, "probe\n"); status = driver->probe(client, i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client)); - if (status) + if (status) { client->driver = NULL; + i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL); + } return status; } @@ -139,8 +141,10 @@ static int i2c_device_remove(struct device *dev) dev->driver = NULL; status = 0; } - if (status == 0) + if (status == 0) { client->driver = NULL; + i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL); + } return status; } |