Russel,
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 05:10:24PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 10:53:30AM -0400, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_thermal_common.c b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_thermal_common.c
> > index 3f5ad25..d4eaa1b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_thermal_common.c
> > +++ b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_thermal_common.c
> > @@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ int exynos_register_thermal(struct thermal_sensor_conf *sensor_conf)
> > th_zone->cool_dev[th_zone->cool_dev_size] =
> > cpufreq_cooling_register(&mask_val);
> > if (IS_ERR(th_zone->cool_dev[th_zone->cool_dev_size])) {
> > - dev_err(sensor_conf->dev,
> > - "Failed to register cpufreq cooling device\n");
> > - ret = -EINVAL;
> > + ret = PTR_ERR(th_zone->cool_dev[th_zone->cool_dev_size]);
> > + if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > + dev_err(sensor_conf->dev,
> > + "Failed to register cpufreq cooling device\n");
>
> Something which bugs me quite a lot is when there is an error code (which
> tells you why something didn't work) and you have an error message, and
> the error message doesn't bother printing the error code.
>
> You might as well just print "Failed\n" and leave it at that, or md5sum
> the error message and print the sum instead. :)
>
I like the md5sum better! :-)
> Knowing why something failed allows you to read the source, and find
> possible reasons for the failure (which could come down to one reason)
> and allows faster resolution of the problem.
>
Sure. I will resend with the error codes in the error messages. Makes
completely sense.
Thanks for taking the time and reviewing.
Eduardo Valentin
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