linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/rockchip: lvds: do not print error message when deferring probe

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Message-ID: <CAOMZO5BVX3UmZ-45OphM6WDhz_ENkxm+Sr1dXkt4jR+Mmo-1Gg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:27:47 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Quentin Schulz <foss+kernel@...il.net>
Cc:     Sandy Huang <hjc@...k-chips.com>,
        Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Mark Yao <markyao0591@...il.com>,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
        Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...obroma-systems.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/rockchip: lvds: do not print error message when
 deferring probe

Hi Quentin,

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 3:31 PM Quentin Schulz <foss+kernel@...il.net> wrote:
>
> From: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...obroma-systems.com>
>
> This scary message may happen if the panel or bridge is not probed
> before the LVDS controller is, resulting in some head scratching because
> the LVDS panel is actually working, since a later try will eventually
> find the panel or bridge.
>
> Therefore let's demote this error message into a debug message to not
> scare users unnecessarily.
...

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_lvds.c
> index f0f47e9abf5a..52e2ce2a61a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_lvds.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_lvds.c
> @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static int rockchip_lvds_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
>                 ret = -EINVAL;
>                 goto err_put_port;
>         } else if (ret) {
> -               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "failed to find panel and bridge node\n");
> +               DRM_DEV_DEBUG(dev, "failed to find panel and bridge node\n");
>                 ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;

What about using dev_err_probe() instead?