+ hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure.patch added to -mm tree

+ hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     hwmon: coretemp: enable coretemp device add operation failure
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure.patch

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Subject: hwmon: coretemp: enable coretemp device add operation failure
From: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>

If one coretemp device can't be added, it should allow subsequent adding
operation because every new-added device will create a new sysfs group,
not an additional sensor sys entry.

Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz>
Cc: Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@intel.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c |   17 +++--------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c~hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c~hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure
+++ a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -540,12 +540,9 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void)
 		 * sensors. We check this bit only, all the early CPUs
 		 * without thermal sensors will be filtered out.
 		 */
-		if (c->cpuid_level >= 6 && (cpuid_eax(0x06) & 0x01)) {
-			err = coretemp_device_add(i);
-			if (err)
-				goto exit_devices_unreg;
-
-		} else {
+		if (c->cpuid_level >= 6 && (cpuid_eax(0x06) & 0x01))
+			coretemp_device_add(i);
+		else {
 			printk(KERN_INFO DRVNAME ": CPU (model=0x%x)"
 				" has no thermal sensor.\n", c->x86_model);
 		}
@@ -560,14 +557,6 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void)
 #endif
 	return 0;
 
-exit_devices_unreg:
-	mutex_lock(&pdev_list_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &pdev_list, list) {
-		platform_device_unregister(p->pdev);
-		list_del(&p->list);
-		kfree(p);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&pdev_list_mutex);
 exit_driver_unreg:
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	platform_driver_unregister(&coretemp_driver);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from gong.chen@linux.intel.com are

linux-next.patch
hwmon-coretemp-update-hotplug-condition-check.patch
hwmon-coretemp-enable-coretemp-device-add-operation-failure.patch
hwmon-coretemp-documentation-update-and-cleanup.patch
drivers-hwmon-coretempc-remove-unneeded-ifdef-config_hotplug_cpu.patch