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Message-ID: <CAHp75VeZEtG7f3WmgvLrirReSwgbOQDp1qiBZ47652poMw8BUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:51:47 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] drivers: use probe_err function in obvious cases

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 10:22 AM Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com> wrote:
>
> The patch replaces obviously matching code with probe_err function.
> There are many more places where probe_err could be used.
> The patch shows how the new function should be used, and how it
> improves the code.

> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
> @@ -824,9 +824,7 @@ static int pca953x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>         reg = devm_regulator_get(&client->dev, "vcc");
>         if (IS_ERR(reg)) {
>                 ret = PTR_ERR(reg);
> -               if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> -                       dev_err(&client->dev, "reg get err: %d\n", ret);
> -               return ret;
> +               return probe_err(&client->dev, ret, "reg get err: %d\n", ret);

No need to assign ret above.
As I mentioned, better to print a value for everyone.

>         }

Please, split it at least one patch per subsystem.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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