[PATCH 02/32] media: dvbdev: Use %pe format specifier

Ricardo Ribalda ribalda at chromium.org
Mon Oct 13 07:14:42 PDT 2025


The %pe format specifier is designed to print error pointers. It prints
a symbolic error name (eg. -EINVAL) and it makes the code simpler by
omitting PTR_ERR()

This patch fixes this cocci report:
./dvb-core/dvbdev.c:575:48-55: WARNING: Consider using %pe to print PTR_ERR()

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda at chromium.org>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 9df7c213716aec54bab7fde2c94ac030696fe25f..8b980d371a45e4fec5368a7e90d4c42518b72e72 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 			       MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, minor),
 			       dvbdev, "dvb%d.%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);
 	if (IS_ERR(clsdev)) {
-		pr_err("%s: failed to create device dvb%d.%s%d (%ld)\n",
-		       __func__, adap->num, dnames[type], id, PTR_ERR(clsdev));
+		pr_err("%s: failed to create device dvb%d.%s%d (%pe)\n",
+		       __func__, adap->num, dnames[type], id, clsdev);
 		if (new_node) {
 			list_del(&new_node->list_head);
 			kfree(dvbdevfops);

-- 
2.51.0.760.g7b8bcc2412-goog




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