>>>> @@ -258,7 +256,6 @@ static int usbtll_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >>>> GFP_KERNEL); >>>> if (!tll->ch_clk) { >>>> ret = -ENOMEM; >>>> - dev_err(dev, "Couldn't allocate memory for channel clocks\n"); >>> >>> I'd either leave this one, just to know which allocation failed or better use >>> something like this … >> >> Are you aware on the structure for a Linux allocation failure report? > > Just created one (not OMAP and not this driver, but that does not matter now): Thanks for your example. > ---[ end trace 3c79eadf2363e939 ]--- > max9867: probe of 1-0018 failed with error -12 > > driver was instructed to alloc insane number of bytes using devm_kzalloc in > max9867_i2c_probe. > Now, if probe function calls devm_kzalloc two times and one of them fails, > you cannot easily say which one without looking at assembly listing. Will this situation change with any other implementation for such backtraces? > Or did I misunderstand your question? No. - It seems that we have found a “common wavelength”. Would it become acceptable to move the mentioned memory allocation into an additional function implementation so that you could see a difference from the function call stack dump already? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html