In the probe path, dev_err() can be replaced with dev_err_probe() which will check if error code is -EPROBE_DEFER and prints the error name. It also sets the defer probe reason which can be checked later through debugfs. Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c b/drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c index c0deff5d4282..3590d845e381 100644 --- a/drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c @@ -201,12 +201,9 @@ static int adc_joystick_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENOMEM; joy->chans = devm_iio_channel_get_all(dev); - if (IS_ERR(joy->chans)) { - error = PTR_ERR(joy->chans); - if (error != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dev, "Unable to get IIO channels"); - return error; - } + if (IS_ERR(joy->chans)) + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(joy->chans), + "Unable to get IIO channels\n"); error = device_property_read_u32(dev, "poll-interval", &poll_interval); if (error) { -- 2.25.1