linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/22] watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Be verbose about errors in probe()

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:08:46 -0700
From:   Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
To:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Rick Ramstetter <rick@...eaterllc.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/22] watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Be verbose about errors in probe()

The driver is quite silent in case of probe failure, which makes it
more difficult to diagnose problem from the kernel log. Add logging to
all of the silent error paths ziirave_wdt_probe() to improve that.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: Rick Ramstetter <rick@...eaterllc.com>
Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
index 6ec028fb2635..8c71341a9c1c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
@@ -658,8 +658,10 @@ static int ziirave_wdt_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	 */
 	if (w_priv->wdd.timeout == 0) {
 		val = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, ZIIRAVE_WDT_TIMEOUT);
-		if (val < 0)
+		if (val < 0) {
+			dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read timeout\n");
 			return val;
+		}
 
 		if (val < ZIIRAVE_TIMEOUT_MIN)
 			return -ENODEV;
@@ -668,8 +670,10 @@ static int ziirave_wdt_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	} else {
 		ret = ziirave_wdt_set_timeout(&w_priv->wdd,
 					      w_priv->wdd.timeout);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to set timeout\n");
 			return ret;
+		}
 
 		dev_info(&client->dev, "Timeout set to %ds\n",
 			 w_priv->wdd.timeout);
@@ -681,34 +685,46 @@ static int ziirave_wdt_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	/* If in unconfigured state, set to stopped */
 	val = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, ZIIRAVE_WDT_STATE);
-	if (val < 0)
+	if (val < 0) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read state\n");
 		return val;
+	}
 
 	if (val == ZIIRAVE_STATE_INITIAL)
 		ziirave_wdt_stop(&w_priv->wdd);
 
 	ret = ziirave_wdt_init_duration(client);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to init duration\n");
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = ziirave_wdt_revision(client, &w_priv->firmware_rev,
 				   ZIIRAVE_WDT_FIRM_VER_MAJOR);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read firmware version\n");
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = ziirave_wdt_revision(client, &w_priv->bootloader_rev,
 				   ZIIRAVE_WDT_BOOT_VER_MAJOR);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read bootloader version\n");
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	w_priv->reset_reason = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,
 						ZIIRAVE_WDT_RESET_REASON);
-	if (w_priv->reset_reason < 0)
+	if (w_priv->reset_reason < 0) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to read reset reason\n");
 		return w_priv->reset_reason;
+	}
 
 	if (w_priv->reset_reason >= ARRAY_SIZE(ziirave_reasons) ||
-	    !ziirave_reasons[w_priv->reset_reason])
+	    !ziirave_reasons[w_priv->reset_reason]) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "Invalid reset reason\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	ret = watchdog_register_device(&w_priv->wdd);
 
-- 
2.21.0