On 24.06.2020 14:14, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:41 PM Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Many resource acquisition functions return error value encapsulated in
>> pointer instead of integer value. To simplify coding we can use macro
>> which will accept both types of error.
>> With this patch user can use:
>> probe_err(dev, ptr, ...)
>> instead of:
>> probe_err(dev, PTR_ERR(ptr), ...)
>> Without loosing old functionality:
>> probe_err(dev, err, ...)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> The separation of this change from patch [1/5] looks kind of artificial to me.
>
> You are introducing a new function anyway, so why not to make it what
> you want right away?
Two reasons:
1.This patch is my recent idea, I didn't want to mix it with already
reviewed code.
2. This patch could be treated hacky by some devs due to macro
definition and type-casting.
If both patches are OK I can merge them of course into one.
Regards
Andrzej
>
>> ---
>> drivers/base/core.c | 25 ++-----------------------
>> include/linux/device.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
>> index 2a96954d5460..df283c62d9c0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
>> @@ -3953,28 +3953,7 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
>>
>> #endif
>>
>> -/**
>> - * probe_err - probe error check and log helper
>> - * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
>> - * @err: error value to test
>> - * @fmt: printf-style format string
>> - * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
>> - *
>> - * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
>> - * checking: print message if the error is not -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate it.
>> - * In case of -EPROBE_DEFER it sets defer probe reason, which can be checked
>> - * later by reading devices_deferred debugfs attribute.
>> - * It replaces code sequence:
>> - * if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>> - * dev_err(dev, ...);
>> - * return err;
>> - * with
>> - * return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
>> - *
>> - * Returns @err.
>> - *
>> - */
>> -int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
>> +int __probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
>> {
>> struct va_format vaf;
>> va_list args;
>> @@ -3992,7 +3971,7 @@ int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
>>
>> return err;
>> }
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_err);
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__probe_err);
>>
>> static inline bool fwnode_is_primary(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>> {
>> diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
>> index 40a90d9bf799..22d3c3d4f461 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/device.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/device.h
>> @@ -965,7 +965,30 @@ void device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause(void);
>> void device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume(void);
>>
>> extern __printf(3, 4)
>> -int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
>> +int __probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * probe_err - probe error check and log helper
>> + * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
>> + * @err: error value to test, can be integer or pointer type
>> + * @fmt: printf-style format string
>> + * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
>> + *
>> + * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
>> + * checking: print message if the error is not -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate it.
>> + * In case of -EPROBE_DEFER it sets defer probe reason, which can be checked
>> + * later by reading devices_deferred debugfs attribute.
>> + * It replaces code sequence:
>> + * if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>> + * dev_err(dev, ...);
>> + * return err;
>> + * with
>> + * return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
>> + *
>> + * Returns @err.
>> + *
>> + */
>> +#define probe_err(dev, err, args...) __probe_err(dev, (long)(err), args)
>>
>> /* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */
>> #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(major,minor) \
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>
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