Subject: [PATCH] backlight: pwm: handle EPROBE_DEFER while requesting the PWM

From: [email-masked] (Boris Brezillon)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 11:27:18 +0200

Hi Lee,

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:02:24 +0000
Lee Jones <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> 
> > When trying to request the PWM device with devm_pwm_get(), the EPROBE_DEFER
> > flag is not handled properly. It can lead to the PWM not being found.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <[email-masked]>
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> Applied, thanks.

I don't see this patch in Linus' tree (actually, it's not even in
linux-next).
I don't know where it's stuck, but could you make sure it reaches
mainline for 4.2 (or 4.1 if it's not to late) ?

Best Regards,

Boris

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