pinctrl: make range registration defer properly

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / drivers / pinctrl / core.c

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 15f5ac864f14fb50b52ef0da22212e877a9e9690..33af811a6a3cd19cf32cd84655b80d2bc8fe3321 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -350,8 +350,13 @@ struct pinctrl_dev *pinctrl_find_and_add_gpio_range(const char *devname,
 {
        struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev = get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname(devname);
 
+       /*
+        * If we can't find this device, let's assume that is because
+        * it has not probed yet, so the driver trying to register this
+        * range need to defer probing.
+        */
        if (!pctldev)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 
        pinctrl_add_gpio_range(pctldev, range);
        return pctldev;