linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/13] ASoC: ti: davinci-i2s: Replace dev_err with dev_err

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:40:24 +0100
From: Bastien Curutchet <bastien.curutchet@...tlin.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Peter Ujfalusi
 <peter.ujfalusi@...il.com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 alsa-devel@...a-project.org, Thomas Petazzoni
 <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, christophercordahi@...ometrics.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] ASoC: ti: davinci-i2s: Replace dev_err with
 dev_err_probe

Hi Mark,

On 3/15/24 15:40, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 03:23:32PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
>> Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
>>> dev_err_probe() with a fixed error code doesn't seem to make much sense,
>>> the whole point is to handle deferral but for a straight lookup like
>>> this that can't happen.
> 
>> The error code is uniformly formatted and the error path is more compact.
>>    https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/base/core.c#L4963
> 
>> IMHO, to benefit of these feature, it makes sense to use it even with a fixed
>> error code.
> 
> I'm not convinced TBH, the fixed error code smells pretty bad.

Ok. I'll keep the dev_err() for the fixed errors then, and use the 
dev_err_probe() for the others, would that be ok ?

Best regards,
Bastien