[PATCH RESEND] i2c: at91: Use dev_err_probe() instead of dev_err()

Yann Sionneau yann at sionneau.net
Mon Aug 28 03:29:29 PDT 2023


Hi,

Le 28/08/2023 à 10:03, Nicolas Ferre a écrit :
> On 25/08/2023 at 16:32, Yann Sionneau wrote:
>> Change
>> if (IS_ERR(x)) { dev_err(...); return PTR_ERR(x); }
>> into
>> return dev_err_probe()
>>
>> Also, return the correct error instead of hardcoding -ENODEV
>> This change has also the advantage of handling the -EPROBE_DEFER 
>> situation.
>
> Is it found using a tool like Coccinelle or you just ran into it and 
> figured out it could be good to change?

I found it by reading the code, I took the time to read the probe 
functions of a few i2c controller driver to try to find improvements.

But I guess one could also find this sort of changes using tools.

Regards,

Yann

>
> Regards,
>   Nicolas
>
>> Signed-off-by: Yann Sionneau <yann at sionneau.net>
>> ---
>>   drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91-core.c | 7 +++----
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91-core.c 
>> b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91-core.c
>> index 05ad3bc3578a..b7bc17b0e5f0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91-core.c
>> @@ -227,10 +227,9 @@ static int at91_twi_probe(struct platform_device 
>> *pdev)
>>          platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
>>
>>          dev->clk = devm_clk_get(dev->dev, NULL);
>> -       if (IS_ERR(dev->clk)) {
>> -               dev_err(dev->dev, "no clock defined\n");
>> -               return -ENODEV;
>> -       }
>> +       if (IS_ERR(dev->clk))
>> +               return dev_err_probe(dev->dev, PTR_ERR(dev->clk), "no 
>> clock defined\n");
>> +
>>          clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
>>
>>          snprintf(dev->adapter.name, sizeof(dev->adapter.name), "AT91");
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
>



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