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Message-ID: <2024100852-esteemed-cosigner-a70e@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:22:00 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
Cc: linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
broonie@...nel.org, heiko@...ech.de, rafael@...nel.org,
oss@...ene.moe, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] driver core: Add device probe log helper
dev_warn_probe()
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 11:21:16AM +0200, Dragan Simic wrote:
> Some drivers can still provide their functionality to a certain extent even
> some of their resource acquisitions eventually fail. In such cases, emitting
> errors isn't the desired action, but warnings should be emitted instead.
>
> To solve this, introduce dev_warn_probe() as a new device probe log helper,
> which behaves identically as the already existing dev_err_probe(), while it
> produces warnings instead of errors. The intended use is with the resources
> that are actually optional for a particular driver.
>
> While there, copyedit the kerneldoc for dev_err_probe() a bit, to simplify
> its wording a bit, and reuse it as the kerneldoc for dev_warn_probe(), with
> the necessary wording adjustments, of course.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> include/linux/dev_printk.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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