[PATCH v4] dma-engine: sun4i: Use devm functions in probe()

Csókás Bence csokas.bence at prolan.hu
Sat Mar 22 12:35:44 PDT 2025


Hi,

On 2025. 03. 22. 20:13, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 11/03/2025 à 19:02, Bence Csókás a écrit :
>> Clean up error handling by using devm functions
>> and dev_err_probe(). This should make it easier
>> to add new code, as we can eliminate the "goto
>> ladder" in probe().
>>
>> Suggested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at gmail.com>
>> Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Bence Csókás <csokas.bence at prolan.hu>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>      Changes in v2:
>>      * rebase on current next
>>      Changes in v3:
>>      * rebase on current next
>>      * collect Jernej's tag
>>      Changes in v4:
>>      * rebase on current next
>>      * collect Chen-Yu's tag
>>
>>   drivers/dma/sun4i-dma.c | 31 ++++++-------------------------
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun4i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun4i-dma.c
>> index 24796aaaddfa..b10639720efd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/sun4i-dma.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/sun4i-dma.c
>> @@ -1249,10 +1249,9 @@ static int sun4i_dma_probe(struct 
>> platform_device *pdev)
>>       if (priv->irq < 0)
>>           return priv->irq;
>> -    priv->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
>> +    priv->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, NULL);
>>       if (IS_ERR(priv->clk)) {
>> -        dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No clock specified\n");
>> -        return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
>> +        return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(priv->clk), 
>> "Couldn't start the clock");
> 
> Why removing the trailing \n everywhere?
> 
> Any reference esxplaing why it is correct?
> 
> CJ

Well, printk() will add a newline unless LOG_CONT is used. However, 
while looking up this feature, it seems that the consensus is to keep 
the `\n`s, even though they are not strictly needed anymore. I'll update 
this.

Bence




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