[PATCH v2 1/2] nvme-pci: Print error message on failure in nvme_probe
Gerd Bayer
gbayer at linux.ibm.com
Wed Oct 22 03:53:52 PDT 2025
On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 12:33 +0200, Gerd Bayer wrote:
> Add a new error message that makes failures to probe visible in the
> kernel log, like:
> nvme 0008:00:00.0: error -ENODEV: probe failed
>
> This highlights issues with a particular device right away instead of
> leaving users to search for missing drives.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> index c916176bd9f058b49e6e6768675711df52b15765..8c624960c9f67e0cc8409023de5e532d6ed9b3ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> @@ -3522,6 +3522,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
> nvme_uninit_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
> out_put_ctrl:
> nvme_put_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
> + dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, result, "probe failed\n");
> return result;
> }
This one failed to reach Chaitanya due to a typo in the email address
on my side. Sorry!
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