Hi Frank, On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:51 AM, <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx> > > Errors while developing the patch to create of_overlay_fdt_apply() > exposed inadequate error messages to debug problems when overlay > devicetree fragment nodes contain an invalid target path. Improve > the messages in find_target_node() to remedy this. > > Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx> Thanks for your patch! > --- a/drivers/of/overlay.c > +++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c > @@ -488,17 +488,26 @@ static int build_changeset(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs) > */ > static struct device_node *find_target_node(struct device_node *info_node) > { > + struct device_node *node; > const char *path; > u32 val; > int ret; > > ret = of_property_read_u32(info_node, "target", &val); > - if (!ret) > - return of_find_node_by_phandle(val); > + if (!ret) { > + node = of_find_node_by_phandle(val); > + if (!node) > + pr_err("target node find by phandle failed\n"); Do you want to print the actual node, cfr. below? > + return node; > + } > > ret = of_property_read_string(info_node, "target-path", &path); > - if (!ret) > - return of_find_node_by_path(path); > + if (!ret) { > + node = of_find_node_by_path(path); > + if (!node) > + pr_err("target node find by path failed\n"); Likewise. > + return node; > + } > > pr_err("Failed to find target for node %p (%s)\n", > info_node, info_node->name); This one prints more info. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html