linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] pwm: meson: Add support for Amlogic S4 PWM

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:46:30 +0200
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com>
To: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc: 
	Kelvin Zhang via B4 Relay <devnull+kelvin.zhang.amlogic.com@...nel.org>, Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, 
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>, 
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, kelvin.zhang@...ogic.com, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Junyi Zhao <junyi.zhao@...ogic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] pwm: meson: Add support for Amlogic S4 PWM

Hello,

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 05:54:31PM +0200, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> > +	for (i = 0; i < MESON_NUM_PWMS; i++) {
> > +		meson->channels[i].clk = of_clk_get(np, i);
> > +		if (IS_ERR(meson->channels[i].clk))
> > +			return dev_err_probe(dev,
> > +					     PTR_ERR(meson->channels[i].clk),
> > +					     "Failed to get clk\n");
> 
> here it is ok but ..
> 
> > +
> > +		ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, meson_pwm_s4_put_clk,
> > +					       meson->channels[i].clk);
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
> > +					     "Failed to add clk_put action\n");
> 
> ... here, devm_add_action_or_reset cannot defer, so dev_err_probe is not useful.
> dev_err() if you must print something. Just "return ret;" would be fine
> by me

I don't agree. dev_err_probe() has several purposes. Only one of them is
handling -EPROBE_DEFER. See also commit
532888a59505da2a3fbb4abac6adad381cedb374.

So yes, please use dev_err_probe() also to handle
devm_add_action_or_reset().

Best regards
Uwe

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