Re: [PATCHv2 6/9] i2c: xiic: Add a debug msg in case of timeout

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 08:48:16PM +0530, Shubhrajyoti Datta wrote:
> Currently we return silently upon a timeout.
> Adding an error message to aid debugability. Not
>  a functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shubhrajyoti Datta <shubhraj@xxxxxxxxxx>

I am not in favour of this. In case of a stalled bus, this can easily
flood the logs. If it is for debugging, it should also be dev_dbg. And
then, it probably can also be added when needed. I mean the errno is
quite descriptive, no?

> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> index a83f300..66c571e 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c
> @@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ static int xiic_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
>  		i2c->tx_msg = NULL;
>  		i2c->rx_msg = NULL;
>  		i2c->nmsgs = 0;
> +		dev_err(adap->dev.parent, "Controller timed out\n");
>  		return -ETIMEDOUT;
>  	}
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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