--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.32.61/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c	2013-06-10 09:43:48.000000000 +0000
+++ virian-300e-630/linux-2.6.32.61/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c	2014-01-09 09:44:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -1061,6 +1061,37 @@
  */
 
 /**
+ * __i2c_transfer - unlocked flavor of i2c_transfer
+ * @adap: Handle to I2C bus
+ * @msgs: One or more messages to execute before STOP is issued to
+ *	terminate the operation; each message begins with a START.
+ * @num: Number of messages to be executed.
+ *
+ * Returns negative errno, else the number of messages executed.
+ *
+ * Adapter lock must be held when calling this function. No debug logging
+ * takes place. adap->algo->master_xfer existence isn't checked.
+ */
+int __i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
+{
+	unsigned long orig_jiffies;
+	int ret, try;
+
+	/* Retry automatically on arbitration loss */
+	orig_jiffies = jiffies;
+	for (ret = 0, try = 0; try <= adap->retries; try++) {
+		ret = adap->algo->master_xfer(adap, msgs, num);
+		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+			break;
+		if (time_after(jiffies, orig_jiffies + adap->timeout))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__i2c_transfer);
+
+/**
  * i2c_transfer - execute a single or combined I2C message
  * @adap: Handle to I2C bus
  * @msgs: One or more messages to execute before STOP is issued to