The added benefit is that the error code is mentioned in the error message and its usage is a bit more compact than open coding it. This also improves behaviour in case devm_clk_get() returns -EPROBE_DEFER. While touching this code, consistenly start error messages with upper case. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c index 4381df90a527..c3ae78e37789 100644 --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-renesas-tpu.c @@ -398,10 +398,8 @@ static int tpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return PTR_ERR(tpu->base); tpu->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL); - if (IS_ERR(tpu->clk)) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot get clock\n"); - return PTR_ERR(tpu->clk); - } + if (IS_ERR(tpu->clk)) + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, PTR_ERR(tpu->clk), "Failed to get clock\n"); /* Initialize and register the device. */ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tpu); @@ -414,9 +412,8 @@ static int tpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = pwmchip_add(&tpu->chip); if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register PWM chip\n"); pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev); - return ret; + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to register PWM chip\n"); } return 0; base-commit: 3123109284176b1532874591f7c81f3837bbdc17 -- 2.35.1