From: Dmitry Torokhov I think that if we can't write to the control register it's not less critical than not having a free IRQ so we better unregister port in this case as well. Also logging moved a bit. drivers/input/serio/i8042.c | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/input/serio/i8042.c~input-unregister-on-fail-fix drivers/input/serio/i8042.c --- 25/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c~input-unregister-on-fail-fix 2003-12-14 21:41:03.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/input/serio/i8042.c 2003-12-14 21:41:03.000000000 -0800 @@ -231,21 +231,29 @@ static int i8042_open(struct serio *port if (request_irq(values->irq, i8042_interrupt, SA_SHIRQ, "i8042", i8042_request_irq_cookie)) { printk(KERN_ERR "i8042.c: Can't get irq %d for %s, unregistering the port.\n", values->irq, values->name); - values->exists = 0; - serio_unregister_port(port); - return -1; + goto irq_fail; } i8042_ctr |= values->irqen; if (i8042_command(&i8042_ctr, I8042_CMD_CTL_WCTR)) { - printk(KERN_ERR "i8042.c: Can't write CTR while opening %s.\n", values->name); - return -1; + printk(KERN_ERR "i8042.c: Can't write CTR while opening %s, unregistering the port\n", values->name); + goto ctr_fail; } i8042_interrupt(0, NULL, NULL); return 0; + +ctr_fail: + i8042_ctr &= ~values->irqen; + free_irq(values->irq, i8042_request_irq_cookie); + +irq_fail: + values->exists = 0; + serio_unregister_port(port); + + return -1; } /* @@ -691,14 +699,14 @@ static int __init i8042_port_register(st return -1; } - serio_register_port(port); - printk(KERN_INFO "serio: i8042 %s port at %#lx,%#lx irq %d\n", values->name, (unsigned long) I8042_DATA_REG, (unsigned long) I8042_COMMAND_REG, values->irq); + serio_register_port(port); + return 0; } _