Re: [PATCH v2] add MAX17040 Fuel Gauge driver

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:55:36 +0900 Minkyu Kang <mk7.kang@samsung.com> wrote:

> +	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_DEFERRABLE(&chip->work, max17040_work);
> +	schedule_delayed_work(&chip->work, MAX17040_DELAY);
> +
> +	bat_ps.properties = max17040_battery_props;
> +	bat_ps.num_properties = ARRAY_SIZE(max17040_battery_props);
> +
> +	ret = power_supply_register(&client->dev, &bat_ps);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&max17040->client->dev,
> +				"failed: power supply register\n");
> +		cancel_delayed_work(&chip->work);
> +		i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
> +		kfree(chip);
> +		max17040 = NULL;
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

Wouldn't it be better to start the delayed_work after the
power_supply_register() has succeeded?