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/misc/rotary_encoder.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/rotary_encoder.c b/drivers/input/misc/rotary_encoder.c index 6d613f2a017c..e106cab58e8f 100644 --- a/drivers/input/misc/rotary_encoder.c +++ b/drivers/input/misc/rotary_encoder.c @@ -236,12 +236,9 @@ static int rotary_encoder_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) device_property_read_bool(dev, "rotary-encoder,relative-axis"); encoder->gpios = devm_gpiod_get_array(dev, NULL, GPIOD_IN); - if (IS_ERR(encoder->gpios)) { - err = PTR_ERR(encoder->gpios); - if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dev, "unable to get gpios: %d\n", err); - return err; - } + if (IS_ERR(encoder->gpios)) + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(encoder->gpios), + "unable to get gpios\n"); if (encoder->gpios->ndescs < 2) { dev_err(dev, "not enough gpios found\n"); return -EINVAL; -- 2.25.1