[PATCH 12/32] media: i2c: max9286: Use %pe format specifier

Ricardo Ribalda ribalda at chromium.org
Mon Oct 13 07:14:52 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:
./i2c/max9286.c:755:7-14: WARNING: Consider using %pe to print PTR_ERR()

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda at chromium.org>
---
 drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
index 7c0961688d6173843f3ae846253d4a8669ae762b..e6e214f8294b83105be02f29966e1d3ed72f8dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ static int max9286_v4l2_notifier_register(struct max9286_priv *priv)
 		mas = v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode(&priv->notifier, source->fwnode,
 					       struct max9286_asd);
 		if (IS_ERR(mas)) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add subdev for source %u: %ld",
-				i, PTR_ERR(mas));
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add subdev for source %u: %pe",
+				i, mas);
 			v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&priv->notifier);
 			return PTR_ERR(mas);
 		}

-- 
2.51.0.760.g7b8bcc2412-goog




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