When the driver core defers the probe of a device, set the deferred probe reason so that it's easier to debug. The deferred probe reason is available in debugfs under devices_deferred. Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/core.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 316df6027093..ca6c61a2e2e9 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ int device_links_check_suppliers(struct device *dev) { struct device_link *link; int ret = 0; + struct fwnode_handle *sup_fw; /* * Device waiting for supplier to become available is not allowed to @@ -983,10 +984,11 @@ int device_links_check_suppliers(struct device *dev) mutex_lock(&fwnode_link_lock); if (dev->fwnode && !list_empty(&dev->fwnode->suppliers) && !fw_devlink_is_permissive()) { - dev_dbg(dev, "probe deferral - wait for supplier %pfwP\n", - list_first_entry(&dev->fwnode->suppliers, - struct fwnode_link, - c_hook)->supplier); + sup_fw = list_first_entry(&dev->fwnode->suppliers, + struct fwnode_link, + c_hook)->supplier; + dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "wait for supplier %pfwP\n", + sup_fw); mutex_unlock(&fwnode_link_lock); return -EPROBE_DEFER; } @@ -1001,8 +1003,9 @@ int device_links_check_suppliers(struct device *dev) if (link->status != DL_STATE_AVAILABLE && !(link->flags & DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY)) { device_links_missing_supplier(dev); - dev_dbg(dev, "probe deferral - supplier %s not ready\n", - dev_name(link->supplier)); + dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, + "supplier %s not ready\n", + dev_name(link->supplier)); ret = -EPROBE_DEFER; break; } -- 2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog