It is possible that dma_request_chan will return EPROBE_DEFER, which means that dev is not ready yet. In this case, dev_err(dev), there will be no output. This patch fixes the bug. Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c index 77aa6d26476c..d5c2a732f63f 100644 --- a/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c +++ b/drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c @@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_init_rx_msgq(struct qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl *ctrl) ctrl->dma_rx_channel = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx"); if (IS_ERR(ctrl->dma_rx_channel)) { - dev_err(dev, "Failed to request RX dma channel"); - ret = PTR_ERR(ctrl->dma_rx_channel); + ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctrl->dma_rx_channel), + "Failed to request RX dma channel"); ctrl->dma_rx_channel = NULL; return ret; } @@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ static int qcom_slim_ngd_init_tx_msgq(struct qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl *ctrl) ctrl->dma_tx_channel = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx"); if (IS_ERR(ctrl->dma_tx_channel)) { - dev_err(dev, "Failed to request TX dma channel"); - ret = PTR_ERR(ctrl->dma_tx_channel); + ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ctrl->dma_tx_channel), + "Failed to request TX dma channel"); ctrl->dma_tx_channel = NULL; return ret; } -- 2.25.1