linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: use %d format string to print return error code

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Date:   Tue, 2 Nov 2021 22:04:33 +0800
From:   Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@...iatek.com>
To:     <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:     <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org>, <mark-pk.tsai@...iatek.com>,
        <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>, <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        <ohad@...ery.com>, <yj.chiang@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remoteproc: use %d format string to print return error code

> On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 08:08:05PM +0800, Mark-PK Tsai wrote:
> > Use %d format string to print return error code which
> > make the error message easier to understand.
> 
> Even better, if you use %pe after converting "ret" to a pointer via
> ERR_PTR(ret), when the kernel is appropriately configured, the kernel
> will give a textual version of the error code, which is even easier!

Thanks for the suggestion!
I will use it in v2.