We really don't expect these errors to be printed over and over again. When a driver hits the error it should bail out. Just use a normal error print. This gives a nice space savings for users of these functions: $ scripts/bloat-o-meter \ .../before/panel-novatek-nt36672e.ko \ .../after/panel-novatek-nt36672e.ko add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-16760 (-16760) Function old new delta nt36672e_1080x2408_60hz_init 17080 10640 -6440 nt36672e_1080x2408_60hz_init._rs 10320 - -10320 Total: Before=31815, After=15055, chg -52.68% Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- (no changes since v3) Changes in v3: - ("mipi_dsi_*_write functions don't need to ratelimit...") moved earlier. Changes in v2: - New include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h | 24 +++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h index e0f56564bf97..67967be48dbd 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h @@ -314,17 +314,16 @@ int mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness_large(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi, * @dsi: DSI peripheral device * @seq: buffer containing the payload */ -#define mipi_dsi_generic_write_seq(dsi, seq...) \ - do { \ - static const u8 d[] = { seq }; \ - struct device *dev = &dsi->dev; \ - ssize_t ret; \ - ret = mipi_dsi_generic_write(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d)); \ - if (ret < 0) { \ - dev_err_ratelimited(dev, "transmit data failed: %zd\n", \ - ret); \ - return ret; \ - } \ +#define mipi_dsi_generic_write_seq(dsi, seq...) \ + do { \ + static const u8 d[] = { seq }; \ + struct device *dev = &dsi->dev; \ + ssize_t ret; \ + ret = mipi_dsi_generic_write(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d)); \ + if (ret < 0) { \ + dev_err(dev, "transmit data failed: %zd\n", ret); \ + return ret; \ + } \ } while (0) /** @@ -340,8 +339,7 @@ int mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness_large(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi, ssize_t ret; \ ret = mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d)); \ if (ret < 0) { \ - dev_err_ratelimited( \ - dev, "sending command %#02x failed: %zd\n", \ + dev_err(dev, "sending command %#02x failed: %zd\n", \ cmd, ret); \ return ret; \ } \ -- 2.45.0.rc1.225.g2a3ae87e7f-goog