linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] i2c: remove printout on handled timeouts

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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:08:14 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] i2c: remove printout on handled timeouts

Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 01:24:14PM +0200, Wolfram Sang kirjoitti:
> While working on another cleanup series, I stumbled over the fact that
> some drivers print an error on I2C or SMBus related timeouts. This is
> wrong because it may be an expected state. The client driver on top
> knows this, so let's keep error handling on this level and remove the
> prinouts from controller drivers.
> 
> Looking forward to comments,

I do not see an equivalent change in I²C core.

IIRC in our case (DW or i801 or iSMT) we often have this message as the only
one that points to the issues (on non-debug level), it will be much harder to
debug for our customers with this going away.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko