If devm_drm_of_get_bridge() can't find the connected bridge, it returns an ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) to indicate that the probe should be deferred. But this path also prints an error message, which pollutes the kernel log since is printed on every probe deferral, i.e: $ dmesg | grep "failed to create panel bridge" | wc -l 38 Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c index 369bf72717f6..90bbabde1595 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c @@ -1206,10 +1206,9 @@ static int ti_sn_bridge_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev, int ret; pdata->next_bridge = devm_drm_of_get_bridge(pdata->dev, np, 1, 0); - if (IS_ERR(pdata->next_bridge)) { - DRM_ERROR("failed to create panel bridge\n"); - return PTR_ERR(pdata->next_bridge); - } + if (IS_ERR(pdata->next_bridge)) + return dev_err_probe(pdata->dev, PTR_ERR(pdata->next_bridge), + "failed to create panel bridge\n"); ti_sn_bridge_parse_lanes(pdata, np); -- 2.36.1