linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] HID: amd_sfh: Don't show client init failed as error when discovery fails

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Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 23:51:51 +0530
From:   Basavaraj Natikar <bnatikar@....com>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>, jikos@...nel.org
Cc:     basavaraj.natikar@....com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Chang <David.Chang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] HID: amd_sfh: Don't show client init failed as error
 when discovery fails


On 5/12/2022 11:48 PM, Mario Limonciello wrote:

> When sensor discovery fails, this means that the system doesn't have
> any sensors connected and a user should only be notified at most one time.
> A message is already displayed at WARN level of "failed to discover,
> sensors not enabled".  It's pointless to show that the client init failed
> at ERR level for the same condition.
>
> Check the return code and don't display this message in those conditions.
>
> Fixes: b5d7f43e97da ("HID: amd_sfh: Add support for sensor discovery")
> Reported-by: David Chang <David.Chang@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
>  * fix some fat finger typos in commit message
>
>  drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c b/drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c
> index dadc491bbf6b..1441787a154a 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/amd-sfh-hid/amd_sfh_pcie.c
> @@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ static int amd_mp2_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *i
>  	rc = amd_sfh_hid_client_init(privdata);
>  	if (rc) {
>  		amd_sfh_clear_intr(privdata);
> -		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "amd_sfh_hid_client_init failed\n");
> +		if (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP)
> +			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "amd_sfh_hid_client_init failed\n");
>  		return rc;
>  	}
>  

Acked-by: Basavaraj Natikar <Basavaraj.Natikar@....com>

Thanks,
Basavaraj