linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] drm/panel: novatek-nt35950: Don't log an error when DSI host can't be found

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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 08:29:20 +0200
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
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	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] drm/panel: novatek-nt35950: Don't log an error
 when DSI host can't be found

Hi Nicolas,

Thank you for the patch.

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 07:12:14PM -0500, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado wrote:
> Given that failing to find a DSI host causes the driver to defer probe,
> make use of dev_err_probe() to log the reason. This makes the defer
> probe reason available and avoids alerting userspace about something
> that is not necessarily an error.
> 
> Fixes: 623a3531e9cf ("drm/panel: Add driver for Novatek NT35950 DSI DriverIC panels")
> Suggested-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nícolas F. R. A. Prado <nfraprado@...labora.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
> index 648ce9201426..028fdac293f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
> @@ -556,10 +556,8 @@ static int nt35950_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi)
>  		}
>  		dsi_r_host = of_find_mipi_dsi_host_by_node(dsi_r);
>  		of_node_put(dsi_r);
> -		if (!dsi_r_host) {
> -			dev_err(dev, "Cannot get secondary DSI host\n");
> -			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> -		}
> +		if (!dsi_r_host)
> +			return dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "Cannot get secondary DSI host\n");

			return dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER,
					     "Cannot get secondary DSI host\n");

With this,

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>

>  
>  		nt->dsi[1] = mipi_dsi_device_register_full(dsi_r_host, info);
>  		if (!nt->dsi[1]) {
> 

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart