linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] media: davinci: vpif: drop probe printk

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:31:21 +0000
From:   "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] media: davinci: vpif: drop probe printk

Hi Johan,

Thank you for the patch.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 2:20 PM Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Drivers should generally not print anything for a successful probe, and
> printing "success" before probe is done makes no sense.
>
> Drop the unnecessary and misleading dev_info() call from probe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>

Cheers,
Prabhakar

> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
> index 4a260f4ed236..03b4e51bb13a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif.c
> @@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
>         pm_runtime_get(&pdev->dev);
>
> -       dev_info(&pdev->dev, "vpif probe success\n");
> -
>         /*
>          * If VPIF Node has endpoints, assume "new" DT support,
>          * where capture and display drivers don't have DT nodes
> --
> 2.32.0
>