Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: do not print err message for EPROBE_DEFER

[Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:16 PM Grygorii Strashko
<grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> hi Bartosz, All,
>
> On 18/11/2020 16:29, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > The gpiochip may have dependencies from pinmux and so got deferred. Now it
> > will print error message every time -EPROBE_DEFER is returned which is
> > unnecessary:
> >
> > "gpiochip_add_data_with_key: GPIOs 0..31 (gpio-0-31) failed to register, -517"
> >
> > Hence, do suppress error message for -EPROBE_DEFER case.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 8 +++++---
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> > index 089ddcaa9bc6..fd2c503a6aab 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
> > @@ -771,9 +771,11 @@ int gpiochip_add_data_with_key(struct gpio_chip *gc, void *data,
> >       ida_free(&gpio_ida, gdev->id);
> >   err_free_gdev:
> >       /* failures here can mean systems won't boot... */
> > -     pr_err("%s: GPIOs %d..%d (%s) failed to register, %d\n", __func__,
> > -            gdev->base, gdev->base + gdev->ngpio - 1,
> > -            gc->label ? : "generic", ret);
> > +     if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> > +             pr_err("%s: GPIOs %d..%d (%s) failed to register, %d\n", __func__,
> > +                    gdev->base, gdev->base + gdev->ngpio - 1,
> > +                    gc->label ? : "generic", ret);
> > +     }
> >       kfree(gdev);
> >       return ret;
> >   }
> >
>
> Any comments for this patch?
>
> Note. Modern dev_err_probe() seems can't be used as gpio_chip->parent is not guaranteed to be set and
> it's not clear if chip_err() still can be used at this stage.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> grygorii

I applied this patch now. We seem to have a patch congestion on the
list - I'm trying to get through unread email but more is coming
everyday. :(

Bartosz