[PATCH v2] firmware: arm_scmi: Use dev_err_probe() simplify the code
Dan Carpenter
dan.carpenter at linaro.org
Fri May 23 09:30:58 PDT 2025
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 04:14:49PM +0800, long.yunjian at zte.com.cn wrote:
> From: Yumeng Fang <fang.yumeng at zte.com.cn>
>
> In the probe path, dev_err() can be replaced with dev_err_probe()
> which will check if error code is -EPROBE_DEFER and prints the
> error name. It also sets the defer probe reason which can be
> checked later through debugfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yumeng Fang <fang.yumeng at zte.com.cn>
> ---
> v1 -> v2
> (1) Order the includes alphabetically.
> (2) Delete "ret = PTR_ERR(*)", and then replace ret in dev_err_probe with "PTR_ERR(*)".
>
> .../firmware/arm_scmi/transports/mailbox.c | 20 +++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/transports/mailbox.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/transports/mailbox.c
> index bd041c99b92b..764cbeac2492 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/transports/mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/transports/mailbox.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/dev_printk.h>
> #include <linux/mailbox_client.h>
> #include <linux/of.h>
> #include <linux/of_address.h>
> @@ -214,31 +215,24 @@ static int mailbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct device *dev,
>
> smbox->chan = mbox_request_channel(cl, tx ? 0 : p2a_chan);
> if (IS_ERR(smbox->chan)) {
> - ret = PTR_ERR(smbox->chan);
> - if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> - dev_err(cdev,
> - "failed to request SCMI %s mailbox\n", desc);
> - return ret;
> + return dev_err_probe(cdev, PTR_ERR(smbox->chan),
> + "failed to request SCMI %s mailbox\n", desc);
> }
Remove the { } braces as well. They will cause a checkpatch problem if
you re-run checkpatch.pl --strict on the resulting file. Same for the
other two as well.
regards,
dan carpenter
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