[i2c] patch i2c-warn-on-failed-client-attach.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree

[gregkh at suse.de]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

     Subject: [PATCH 07/13] i2c: Warn on i2c client creation failure

to my gregkh-2.6 tree.  Its filename is

     i2c-warn-on-failed-client-attach.patch

This tree can be found at 
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/


>From khali at linux-fr.org Sun Sep  3 13:25:08 2006
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:25:04 +0200
From: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
To: Greg KH <greg at kroah.com>
Cc: Linux I2C <i2c at lm-sensors.org>
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] i2c: Warn on i2c client creation failure
Message-Id: <20060903222504.b7eaae85.khali at linux-fr.org>
Content-Disposition: inline; filename=i2c-warn-on-failed-client-attach.patch

i2c: Warn on i2c client creation failure

Warn when an i2c client creation fails. If we don't, the user will
never know something wrong happened, as i2c client creation is
typically called through an attach_adapter callback, those return value
we currently ignore for technical reasons.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse.de>

---
 drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -707,11 +707,16 @@ static int i2c_probe_address(struct i2c_
 
 	/* Finally call the custom detection function */
 	err = found_proc(adapter, addr, kind);
-
 	/* -ENODEV can be returned if there is a chip at the given address
 	   but it isn't supported by this chip driver. We catch it here as
 	   this isn't an error. */
-	return (err == -ENODEV) ? 0 : err;
+	if (err == -ENODEV)
+		err = 0;
+
+	if (err)
+		dev_warn(&adapter->dev, "Client creation failed at 0x%x (%d)\n",
+			 addr, err);
+	return err;
 }
 
 int i2c_probe(struct i2c_adapter *adapter,


Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from khali at linux-fr.org are

i2c/hwmon-w83627ehf-add-pwm-support.patch
i2c/hwmon-w83627ehf-documentation.patch
i2c/i2c-algo-bit-kill-mdelay.patch
i2c/hwmon-abituguru-suspend-resume.patch
i2c/i2c-__must_check-fixes-i2c-dev.patch
i2c/i2c-__must_check-fixes.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-disabled-fans.patch
i2c/i2c-algo-sibyte-cleanups.patch
i2c/i2c-algo-sibyte-merge-in-i2c-sibyte.patch
i2c/i2c-au1550-add-au1200-support.patch
i2c/i2c-au1550-add-smbus-functionality-flag.patch
i2c/i2c-au1550-fix-timeout-problem.patch
i2c/i2c-bus-driver-for-TI-OMAP-boards.patch
i2c/i2c-isa-plan-for-removal.patch
i2c/i2c-dev-cleanups.patch
i2c/i2c-dev-convert-array-to-list.patch
i2c/i2c-dev-drop-template-client.patch
i2c/i2c-dev-device.patch
i2c/i2c-fix-copy-n-paste-in-subsystem-Kconfig.patch
i2c/i2c-matroxfb-c99-struct-init.patch
i2c/i2c-sibyte-drop-kip-walker-address.patch
i2c/i2c-stub-add-chip_addr-param.patch
i2c/hwmon-atxp1-signed-unsigned-char-bug.patch
i2c/hwmon-hdaps-handle-errors-from-input-register-device.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-copyright-update.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-div-to-reg-overflow.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-in8-no-limits.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-it8716f-support.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-it8718f-support.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-sane-limit-defaults.patch
i2c/hwmon-it87-set-fan-div.patch
i2c/hwmon-k8temp-autoload.patch
i2c/hwmon-k8temp-new-driver.patch
i2c/hwmon-smsc47m1-fix-dev-message.patch
i2c/i2c-algo-bit-cleanups.patch
i2c/i2c-algo-pcf-kill-mdelay.patch
i2c/i2c-algos-constify-i2c_algorithm.patch
i2c/i2c-busses-constify-i2c_algorithm.patch
i2c/i2c-chips-__must_check-fixes.patch
i2c/i2c-constify-i2c_algorithm.patch
i2c/i2c-dev-attach-detach-adapter-cleanups.patch
i2c/i2c-drop-slave-functions.patch
i2c/i2c-drop-useless-masking.patch
i2c/i2c-isa-restore-driver-owner.patch
i2c/i2c-isa-return-attach_adapter.patch
i2c/i2c-viapro-add-VT8251-VT8237A.patch
i2c/i2c-warn-on-failed-client-attach.patch