linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] PCI : Refactoring error log prints for better readability

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Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 16:46:34 +0530
From: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@...com>
To: Onkarnath <onkarnath.1@...sung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] PCI : Refactoring error log prints for better
 readability

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 04:13:58PM +0530, Onkarnath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 

[...]

> 
> >>Similar question as above regarding converting "failed, ret" to
> 
> >>"failed:". Is this a new convention that is expected to be followed,
> 
> >where all errors are supposed to have "failed: %pe", rather than custom
> 
> >statements? Please let me know if this has already been discussed
> 
> >elsewhere.
> 
> 
> Bjorn suggested to make all errors consistent.
> 
> and I thought printing error like below:
> 
> 
> "gpio request failed: -ENOMEM".
> 
> 
> Seems more suitable than
> 
> 
> "gpio request failed, ret (-ENOMEM)".
> 
> 
> If it needs to be changed in other format, please let me know, i will make all
> errors in that format.
> 
> and will share v2.

Thank you for clarifying. It appeared to me that the suggestion was
limited to the %d to %pe conversion. The existing implementation looks
good in that case.

Regards,
Siddharth.