linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] mtd: spi-nor: Improve reporting for software reset failures

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Message-ID: <20231026061143.bjbgfkyhnnyh2ovb@dhruva>
Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:41:43 +0530
From:   Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>
To:     AceLan Kao <acelan.kao@...onical.com>
CC:     Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>,
        Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mtd: spi-nor: Improve reporting for software reset
 failures

On Oct 26, 2023 at 09:20:17 +0800, AceLan Kao wrote:
> From: "Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan)" <acelan.kao@...onical.com>
> 
> When the software reset command isn't supported, we now report it
> as an informational message(dev_info) instead of a warning(dev_warn).
> This adjustment helps avoid unnecessary alarm and confusion regarding
> software reset capabilities.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chia-Lin Kao (AceLan) <acelan.kao@...onical.com>
> ---
> v2. only lower the priority for the not supported failure
> v3. replace ENOTSUPP with EOPNOTSUPP and check the first command only
> v4. move the version information below the '---' line
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 5 ++++-
>  drivers/spi/spi-mem.c      | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> index 1b0c6770c14e..42e52af76289 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> @@ -3252,7 +3252,10 @@ static void spi_nor_soft_reset(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  
>  	ret = spi_mem_exec_op(nor->spimem, &op);
>  	if (ret) {
> -		dev_warn(nor->dev, "Software reset failed: %d\n", ret);
> +		if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> +			dev_info(nor->dev, "Software reset enable command doesn't support: %d\n", ret);

Does "Software reset command isn't supported:" make more sense?

> +		else
> +			dev_warn(nor->dev, "Software reset failed: %d\n", ret);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> index edd7430d4c05..93b77ac0b798 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ int spi_mem_exec_op(struct spi_mem *mem, const struct spi_mem_op *op)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	if (!spi_mem_internal_supports_op(mem, op))
> -		return -ENOTSUPP;
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

Reviewed-by: Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>

>  
>  	if (ctlr->mem_ops && ctlr->mem_ops->exec_op && !spi_get_csgpiod(mem->spi, 0)) {
>  		ret = spi_mem_access_start(mem);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>