When registering a thermal zone device, we currently return -EINVAL in
four cases. This makes it a little hard to debug the real cause of the
failure.
Print some error messages to make it easier for developer to figure out
what happened.
Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 46cfb7de4eb2..e1c2c2638219 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1238,17 +1238,26 @@ thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type, int trips, int mask,
int count;
struct thermal_governor *governor;
- if (!type || strlen(type) == 0)
+ if (!type || strlen(type) == 0) {
+ pr_err("Error: No thermal zone type defined\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
- if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)
+ if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) {
+ pr_err("Error: Thermal zone name (%s) too long, should be under %d chars\n",
+ type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
- if (trips > THERMAL_MAX_TRIPS || trips < 0 || mask >> trips)
+ if (trips > THERMAL_MAX_TRIPS || trips < 0 || mask >> trips) {
+ pr_err("Error: Incorrect number of thermal trips\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
- if (!ops)
+ if (!ops) {
+ pr_err("Error: Thermal zone device ops not defined\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
if (trips > 0 && (!ops->get_trip_type || !ops->get_trip_temp))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
--
2.17.1
