linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: mali-c55: core: Remove redundant dev

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Message-ID: <7255a884-99b7-4e3e-bbdb-50fb3cb3a82d@ideasonboard.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:38:10 +0000
From: Dan Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>
To: Chen Ni <nichen@...as.ac.cn>, jacopo.mondi@...asonboard.com,
 mchehab@...nel.org
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: mali-c55: core: Remove redundant dev_err()

Hi Chen - thanks for the patch

On 15/01/2026 02:35, Chen Ni wrote:
> The platform_get_irq_byname() function already prints an error message
> internally upon failure using dev_err_probe(). Therefore, the explicit
> dev_err() is redundant and results in duplicate error logs.
> 
> Remove the redundant dev_err() call to clean up the error path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@...as.ac.cn>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Scally <dan.scally@...asonboard.com>

> ---
>   drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-core.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-core.c
> index 43b834459ccf..ab8f7f6f3be1 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/arm/mali-c55/mali-c55-core.c
> @@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ static int mali_c55_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	mali_c55->irqnum = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>   	if (mali_c55->irqnum < 0) {
>   		ret = mali_c55->irqnum;
> -		dev_err(dev, "failed to get interrupt\n");
>   		goto err_deinit_media_frameworks;
>   	}
>