It is possible for dma_request_chan() to return EPROBE_DEFER, which means acdev->host->dev is not ready yet. At this point dev_err() will have no output. Signed-off-by: Minjie Du <duminjie@xxxxxxxx> --- V2 -> V5: Fixed code formatting errors. --- drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.c b/drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.c index 6ab294322e79..b32d47112c0a 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_arasan_cf.c @@ -529,7 +529,8 @@ static void data_xfer(struct work_struct *work) /* dma_request_channel may sleep, so calling from process context */ acdev->dma_chan = dma_request_chan(acdev->host->dev, "data"); if (IS_ERR(acdev->dma_chan)) { - dev_err(acdev->host->dev, "Unable to get dma_chan\n"); + dev_err_probe(acdev->host->dev, PTR_ERR(acdev->dma_chan), + "Unable to get dma_chan\n"); acdev->dma_chan = NULL; goto chan_request_fail; } -- 2.39.0