netdev - Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: pcie: fix oops on failure to resume and reprobe

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Date:   Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:07:22 +0200
From:   Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     "brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com" 
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        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
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        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: pcie: fix oops on failure to resume and reprobe

On 17.08.21 14:03, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 17.08.21 13:54, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 2:11 PM Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>>> On 17.08.21 13:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>>         err = brcmf_pcie_probe(pdev, NULL);
>>>>>         if (err)
>>>>> -               brcmf_err(bus, "probe after resume failed, err=%d\n", err);
>>>>> +               __brcmf_err(NULL, __func__, "probe after resume failed,
>>>>> err=%d\n",
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is weird looking line now. Why can’t you simply use dev_err() /
>>>> netdev_err()?
>>>
>>> That's what brcmf_err normally expands to, but in this file the macro
>>> is overridden to add the extra first argument.
>>
>> So, then the problem is in macro here. You need another portion of
>> macro(s) that will use the dev pointer directly. When you have a valid
>> device, use it. And here it seems the case.
> 
> Ah, you mean using pdev instead of the stale bus. Ye, I could do that.
> Thanks for pointing out.

Ah, not so easy: __brcmf_err accepts a struct brcmf_bus * as first argument,
but there is none I can pass along. As the whole file uses the brcm_
logging functions, I'd just leave this one without a device.

> 
>>
>>> The brcmf_ logging function write to brcmf trace buffers. This is not
>>> done with netdev_err/dev_err (and replacing the existing logging
>>> is out of scope for a regression fix anyway).
>>
>> I see.
>>
> 
> 


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