if (sd->flags & V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_IS_I2C) {
struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
- /* We need to unregister the i2c client explicitly.
- We cannot rely on i2c_del_adapter to always
- unregister clients for us, since if the i2c bus
- is a platform bus, then it is never deleted. */
- if (client)
+ /*
+ * We need to unregister the i2c client
+ * explicitly. We cannot rely on
+ * i2c_del_adapter to always unregister
+ * clients for us, since if the i2c bus is a
+ * platform bus, then it is never deleted.
+ *
+ * Device tree or ACPI based devices must not
+ * be unregistered as they have not been
+ * registered by us, and would not be
+ * re-created by just probing the V4L2 driver.
+ */
+ if (client &&
+ !client->dev.of_node && !client->dev.fwnode)
i2c_unregister_device(client);
continue;
}
if (sd->flags & V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_IS_SPI) {
struct spi_device *spi = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
- if (spi)
+ if (spi && !spi->dev.of_node && !spi->dev.fwnode)
spi_unregister_device(spi);
continue;
}