mei: check whether hw start has succeeded
hw start may fail therefore the reset flow has
to check for the return value
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
index 1525388..6fc573c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
@@ -181,7 +181,12 @@
return;
}
- mei_hw_start(dev);
+ ret = mei_hw_start(dev);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&dev->pdev->dev, "hw_start failed disabling the device\n");
+ dev->dev_state = MEI_DEV_DISABLED;
+ return;
+ }
dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "link is established start sending messages.\n");
/* link is established * start sending messages. */