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Message-ID: <964821b3-dcbb-42b8-9062-2366a4d30a76@baylibre.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:18:12 -0400
From: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@...libre.com>
To: Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@...il.com>,
 Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
 Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
 Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: adi-axi-adc: improve probe() error messaging


On 2024-06-14 5:11 a.m., Nuno Sá wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-06-13 at 12:34 -0400, Trevor Gamblin wrote:
>> The current error handling for calls such as devm_clk_get_enabled() in
>> the adi-axi-adc probe() function means that, if a property such as
>> 'clocks' (for example) is not present in the devicetree when booting a
>> kernel with the driver enabled, the resulting error message will be
>> vague, e.g.:
>>
>>> adi_axi_adc 44a00000.backend: probe with driver adi_axi_adc failed with error -2
>> Change the devm_clk_get_enabled(), devm_regmap_init_mmio(), and
>> devm_iio_backend_register() checks to use dev_err_probe() with some
>> context for easier debugging.
>>
>> After the fix:
>>
>>> adi_axi_adc 44a00000.backend: error -ENOENT: failed to get clock
>>> adi_axi_adc 44a00000.backend: probe with driver adi_axi_adc failed with error -2
>> Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@...libre.com>
>> ---
> Somehow feel that in these cases the error log should come from the functions we're
> calling but bah... likely not going happen/change:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@...log.com>
>
> (As a suggestion, you may do similar work in the axi-dac driver)

Thanks. I'll send that early next week after a quick test on a board.

Trevor

>
> - Nuno Sá
>
>

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