linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver code: print symbolic error code

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Date:   Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:43:38 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver code: print symbolic error code

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:22:25AM -0700, Tom Rix wrote:
> 
> On 8/28/20 9:14 AM, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > dev_err_probe() prepends the message with an error code. Let's make it
> > more readable by translating the code to a more recognisable symbol.
> recognizable
> >
> > Fixes: a787e5400a1c ("driver core: add device probe log helper")
> is this change really to fix a bug?
[...]

Yes, but this depends on how you define a bug. :-)

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław