linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] extcon: palmas: hide error messages if gpio returns -EPROBE

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Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:28:25 +0900
From:   Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:     "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org,
        kernel@...a-handheld.com, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] extcon: palmas: hide error messages if gpio returns
 -EPROBE_DEFER

On 2/17/20 10:38 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> If the gpios are probed after this driver (e.g. if they
> come from an i2c expander) there is no need to print an
> error message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...delico.com>
> ---
>  drivers/extcon/extcon-palmas.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-palmas.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-palmas.c
> index edc5016f46f1..cea58d0cb457 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-palmas.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-palmas.c
> @@ -205,14 +205,18 @@ static int palmas_usb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	palmas_usb->id_gpiod = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "id",
>  							GPIOD_IN);
> -	if (IS_ERR(palmas_usb->id_gpiod)) {
> +	if (PTR_ERR(palmas_usb->id_gpiod) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> +		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +	} else if (IS_ERR(palmas_usb->id_gpiod)) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get id gpio\n");
>  		return PTR_ERR(palmas_usb->id_gpiod);
>  	}
>  
>  	palmas_usb->vbus_gpiod = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "vbus",
>  							GPIOD_IN);
> -	if (IS_ERR(palmas_usb->vbus_gpiod)) {
> +	if (PTR_ERR(palmas_usb->vbus_gpiod) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> +		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> +	} else if (IS_ERR(palmas_usb->vbus_gpiod)) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get vbus gpio\n");
>  		return PTR_ERR(palmas_usb->vbus_gpiod);
>  	}
> 

I think that it is enough to handle the -EPROBE_DEFER.
Also, I prefer to use single if/else statement 
instead of the nested if/else statement.

Applied it.

-- 
Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics