Hi Dan,
On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 03:08:53PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 01:59:20PM +0200, Andi Shyti wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:12:36AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > The "ret" variable is uninitialized. It was the "p2wi->rstc" variable
> > > that was intended. We can also use the %pe string format to print the
> > > error code name instead of just the number.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 75ff8a340a81 ("i2c: sun6i-p2wi: Use devm_clk_get_enabled()")
> > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c
> > > index ad8270cdbd3e..fa6020dced59 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sun6i-p2wi.c
> > > @@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ static int p2wi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >
> > > p2wi->rstc = devm_reset_control_get_exclusive(dev, NULL);
> > > if (IS_ERR(p2wi->rstc)) {
> > > - dev_err(dev, "failed to retrieve reset controller: %d\n", ret);
> > > + dev_err(dev, "failed to retrieve reset controller: %pe\n",
> > > + p2wi->rstc);
> >
> > Yes, good catch! Thanks! But I think we want to print the error
> > value here, so I think it should be:
> >
> > - dev_err(dev, "failed to retrieve reset controller: %d\n", ret);
> > + dev_err(dev, "failed to retrieve reset controller: %d\n",
> > + PTR_ERR(p2wi->rstc));
> >
>
> The %pe which I changed it to is a cool new thing that prints:
>
> failed to retrieve reset controller: -EINVAL\n
oh... that's right! Sorry, I didn't know about it! Then,
definitely:
Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> We should create a similar %e printk format that works for ints instead
> of error pointers. But instead of that you have people who cast error
> codes to pointers just to get the %pe functionality. And other people
> who make suggestions (this is the catagory that I'm in) but are too lazy
> to do the actual work.
Ahaha... that's right! It's indeed a nice feature to have. Let me
see if I manage to scratch a few hours out of my time.
Andi
