On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 11:11:38AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > Common pattern of handling deferred probe can be simplified with > dev_err_probe(). Less code and also it prints the error value. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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 d28c30b2a35d..9f960f853b6e 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), > + "Error: The gpios parameter is missing or invalid.\n"); The "Error: " should be removed from the string. dev_err_probe() already prints that. Daniel.