linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] HID: playstation: DS4: Don't fail on FW/HW version request

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:56:08 +0900
From: Max Staudt <max@...as.org>
To: Roderick Colenbrander <thunderbird2k@...il.com>
Cc: Roderick Colenbrander <roderick.colenbrander@...y.com>,
 Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
 Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
 linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] HID: playstation: DS4: Don't fail on FW/HW version
 request

On 1/25/24 09:43, Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 6:51 AM Max Staudt <max@...as.org> wrote:
>>
>>          ret = dualshock4_get_firmware_info(ds4);
>>          if (ret) {
>>                  hid_err(hdev, "Failed to get firmware info from DualShock4\n");
>> -               return ERR_PTR(ret);
>> +               hid_err(hdev, "HW/FW version data in sysfs will be invalid.\n");
>>          }
> 
> This looks good. Perhaps could have been a hid_warn then, but err is
> probably fine.

I didn't think about it and kept the hid_err that was already there :)

I agree, and maybe we can take this further: If this code block is not a fatal error anymore, maybe it makes sense to change *both* lines to hid_warn?

If you prefer this, then I'll update the other patches accordingly.


Max