linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Input: wdt87xx_i2c

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Message-ID: <u5nsup2neifb2k3ujtxtcnwzs76ieqdwjr2o45eu5uhwwo3dhw@cjyxn43etrzm>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:40:25 -0800
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Input: wdt87xx_i2c - switch to use dev_err_probe()

Hi Andy,

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 09:22:58AM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Switch to use dev_err_probe() to simplify the error path and
> unify a message template. With that being done, drop the now no-op
> message for -ENOMEM as allocator will print a big warning anyway
> and remove duplicate message for devm_request_threaded_irq().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/touchscreen/wdt87xx_i2c.c | 24 +++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/wdt87xx_i2c.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/wdt87xx_i2c.c
> index 99636d6eb0f3..3bf899fe615c 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/wdt87xx_i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/wdt87xx_i2c.c
> @@ -1033,10 +1033,8 @@ static int wdt87xx_ts_create_input_device(struct wdt87xx_data *wdt)
>  	int error;
>  
>  	input = devm_input_allocate_device(dev);
> -	if (!input) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate input device\n");
> +	if (!input)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
>  	wdt->input = input;
>  
>  	input->name = "WDT87xx Touchscreen";
> @@ -1060,16 +1058,15 @@ static int wdt87xx_ts_create_input_device(struct wdt87xx_data *wdt)
>  			    INPUT_MT_DIRECT | INPUT_MT_DROP_UNUSED);
>  
>  	error = input_register_device(input);
> -	if (error) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "failed to register input device: %d\n", error);
> -		return error;
> -	}
> +	if (error)
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, error, "failed to register input device\n");
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int wdt87xx_ts_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  {
> +	struct device *dev = &client->dev;

You introduced a tempo but used it in only one place. I dropped it.

>  	struct wdt87xx_data *wdt;
>  	int error;
>  
> @@ -1099,16 +1096,9 @@ static int wdt87xx_ts_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  	if (error)
>  		return error;
>  
> -	error = devm_request_threaded_irq(&client->dev, client->irq,
> -					  NULL, wdt87xx_ts_interrupt,
> -					  IRQF_ONESHOT,
> -					  client->name, wdt);
> -	if (error) {
> -		dev_err(&client->dev, "request irq failed: %d\n", error);
> -		return error;
> -	}
> -
> -	return 0;
> +	return devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, client->irq,
> +					 NULL, wdt87xx_ts_interrupt,
> +					 IRQF_ONESHOT, client->name, wdt);

My preference is to keep "if (error) return error;" even for the last
call when there are multiple potential points of failure in the
function, adjusted.

Applied the updated patch.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry