linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] leds: sun50i-a100: Use match

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Message-ID: <ZivMCljzog7z_SgZ@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:45:14 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Jernej Škrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>
Cc: Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] leds: sun50i-a100: Use match_string() helper to
 simplify the code

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 05:37:42PM +0200, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
> Dne petek, 26. april 2024 ob 17:25:15 GMT +2 je Andy Shevchenko napisal(a):

..

> > +		return dev_err_probe(dev, i, "Bad pixel format '%s'\n", format);
> 
> I know that old code used dev_err_probe() without reason, but could you change
> it to ordinary dev_err()?

First of all, it's out of scope of _this_ patch.

> dev_err_probe() is useful only when return code could be -EPROBE_DEFER.

This is simply not true. We are trying to have a uniform output in ->probe()
and even documentation for dev_err_probe() was changed long time ago to
encourage using it for non deferred probe cases.

> This is clearly not the case here.

Is it a problem?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko