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-rw-r--r--drivers/dma/of-dma.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/dma/of-dma.c b/drivers/dma/of-dma.c
index 0b88dd3d05f..e8fe9dc455f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/of-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/of-dma.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int of_dma_match_channel(struct device_node *np, const char *name,
* @np: device node to get DMA request from
* @name: name of desired channel
*
- * Returns pointer to appropriate dma channel on success or NULL on error.
+ * Returns pointer to appropriate DMA channel on success or an error pointer.
*/
struct dma_chan *of_dma_request_slave_channel(struct device_node *np,
const char *name)
@@ -152,17 +152,18 @@ struct dma_chan *of_dma_request_slave_channel(struct device_node *np,
struct of_dma *ofdma;
struct dma_chan *chan;
int count, i;
+ int ret_no_channel = -ENODEV;
if (!np || !name) {
pr_err("%s: not enough information provided\n", __func__);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
count = of_property_count_strings(np, "dma-names");
if (count < 0) {
pr_err("%s: dma-names property of node '%s' missing or empty\n",
__func__, np->full_name);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
@@ -172,10 +173,12 @@ struct dma_chan *of_dma_request_slave_channel(struct device_node *np,
mutex_lock(&of_dma_lock);
ofdma = of_dma_find_controller(&dma_spec);
- if (ofdma)
+ if (ofdma) {
chan = ofdma->of_dma_xlate(&dma_spec, ofdma);
- else
+ } else {
+ ret_no_channel = -EPROBE_DEFER;
chan = NULL;
+ }
mutex_unlock(&of_dma_lock);
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ struct dma_chan *of_dma_request_slave_channel(struct device_node *np,
return chan;
}
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(ret_no_channel);
}
/**