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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c17
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index c12edc8e91df..265d6a6583bc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ struct ssif_addr_info {
struct device *dev;
struct i2c_client *client;
+ struct i2c_client *added_client;
+
struct mutex clients_mutex;
struct list_head clients;
@@ -1641,15 +1643,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
out:
if (rv) {
- /*
- * Note that if addr_info->client is assigned, we
- * leave it. The i2c client hangs around even if we
- * return a failure here, and the failure here is not
- * propagated back to the i2c code. This seems to be
- * design intent, strange as it may be. But if we
- * don't leave it, ssif_platform_remove will not remove
- * the client like it should.
- */
+ addr_info->client = NULL;
dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
kfree(ssif_info);
}
@@ -1669,7 +1663,8 @@ static int ssif_adapter_handler(struct device *adev, void *opaque)
if (adev->type != &i2c_adapter_type)
return 0;
- i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev), &addr_info->binfo);
+ addr_info->added_client = i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev),
+ &addr_info->binfo);
if (!addr_info->adapter_name)
return 1; /* Only try the first I2C adapter by default. */
@@ -1842,7 +1837,7 @@ static int ssif_platform_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
return 0;
mutex_lock(&ssif_infos_mutex);
- i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->client);
+ i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->added_client);
list_del(&addr_info->link);
kfree(addr_info);