[PATCH v6 11/13] gpio: mxc: add dev_err_probe() for error paths to help diagnostics

Peng Fan (OSS) peng.fan at oss.nxp.com
Sun Oct 11 04:51:32 PDT 2026


From: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>

Replace bare return statements with dev_err_probe() across all probe
error paths for consistent diagnostics and deferred-probe support.

Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
index 09acb186c84c..2847304640f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	err = gpio_generic_chip_init(&port->gen_gc, &config);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to init gpio chip\n");
 
 	port->gen_gc.gc.request = mxc_gpio_request;
 	port->gen_gc.gc.free = mxc_gpio_free;
@@ -536,11 +536,11 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	err = devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &port->gen_gc.gc, port);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to add gpiochip data\n");
 
 	irq_base = devm_irq_alloc_descs(dev, -1, 0, 32, numa_node_id());
 	if (irq_base < 0)
-		return irq_base;
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, irq_base, "Failed to alloc irq desc\n");
 
 	d_info = (struct irq_domain_info) {
 		.fwnode		= dev_fwnode(dev),
@@ -553,14 +553,15 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	port->domain = devm_irq_domain_instantiate(dev, &d_info);
 	if (IS_ERR(port->domain))
-		return PTR_ERR(port->domain);
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(port->domain),
+				     "Failed to create irq domain\n");
 
 	irq_domain_set_pm_device(port->domain, dev);
 
 	/* gpio-mxc can be a generic irq chip */
 	err = mxc_gpio_init_gc(port, irq_base);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to init generic irq chip\n");
 
 	list_add_tail(&port->node, &mxc_gpio_ports);
 

-- 
2.51.0




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