On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:17:32AM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 2022/9/26 23:32, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 10:24:47PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> > > In the probe path, dev_err() can be replaced with dev_err_probe()
> > > which will check if error code is -EPROBE_DEFER and prints the
> > > error name. It also sets the defer probe reason which can be
> > > checked later through debugfs. It's more simple in error path.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v2:
> > > Remove "Error: " in error meassage
> > > ---
> > > drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c | 10 +++-------
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
> > > index 6f78d928f054..4ff3939e5f7e 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
> > > @@ -64,13 +64,9 @@ static int gpio_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > > def_value = device_property_read_bool(dev, "default-on");
> > >
> > > gbl->gpiod = devm_gpiod_get(dev, NULL, GPIOD_ASIS);
> > > - if (IS_ERR(gbl->gpiod)) {
> > > - ret = PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiod);
> > > - if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > - dev_err(dev,
> > > - "Error: The gpios parameter is missing or invalid.\n");
> > > - return ret;
> > > - }
> > > + if (IS_ERR(gbl->gpiod))
> > > + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gbl->gpiod),
> > > + "The gpios parameter is missing or invalid.\n");
> > Why keep the leading "The " ?
> OK, I will remove it in v3.
>
> But you says "the resulting line will read better with a "The " at
> beginning" in your last mail,
> I am confused about this.
That's because my e-mail was confusing! Thanks for fixing it.
Daniel.
