linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 1/5] driver core: add probe

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:31:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Cc:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        andy.shevchenko@...il.com, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        "open list:DRM DRIVERS" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 1/5] driver core: add probe_err log helper

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 01:41:23PM +0200, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> During probe every time driver gets resource it should usually check for error
> printk some message if it is not -EPROBE_DEFER and return the error. This
> pattern is simple but requires adding few lines after any resource acquisition
> code, as a result it is often omited or implemented only partially.
> probe_err helps to replace such code sequences with simple call, so code:
> 	if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> 		dev_err(dev, ...);
> 	return err;
> becomes:
> 	return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c    | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/device.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 67d39a90b45c..ee9da66bff1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -3953,6 +3953,45 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
>  
>  #endif
>  
> +/**
> + * probe_err - probe error check and log helper
> + * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
> + * @err: error value to test
> + * @fmt: printf-style format string
> + * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
> + *
> + * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
> + * checking: print message if the error is not -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate it.
> + * It replaces code sequence:
> + * 	if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> + * 		dev_err(dev, ...);
> + * 	return err;
> + * with
> + * 	return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
> + *
> + * Returns @err.
> + *
> + */
> +int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
> +{
> +	struct va_format vaf;
> +	va_list args;
> +
> +	if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	va_start(args, fmt);
> +	vaf.fmt = fmt;
> +	vaf.va = &args;
> +
> +	dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> +
> +	va_end(args);
> +
> +	return err;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_err);

Please be specific in global symbols, how about "driver_probe_error()"?

And merge the other patch into this one, as Raphael said, otherwise this
just looks odd to add something and then fix it up later.

thanks,

greg k-h