The (large) rcar_du_modeset_init() function can fail for many reasons, two of two involving probe deferral. Use dev_err_probe() in those code paths to record the cause of the probe deferral, in order to help debugging probe issues. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c | 4 ++++ drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c index 12a8839fe3be..5b752adb1b02 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c @@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ static int rcar_du_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* DRM/KMS objects */ ret = rcar_du_modeset_init(rcdu); if (ret < 0) { + /* + * Don't use dev_err_probe(), as it would overwrite the probe + * deferral reason recorded in rcar_du_modeset_init(). + */ if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to initialize DRM/KMS (%d)\n", ret); diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c index adfb36b0e815..a9b01027bf03 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c @@ -932,8 +932,10 @@ int rcar_du_modeset_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu) /* Initialize the Color Management Modules. */ ret = rcar_du_cmm_init(rcdu); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + dev_err_probe(rcdu->dev, "failed to initialize CMM\n", ret); return ret; + } /* Create the CRTCs. */ for (swindex = 0, hwindex = 0; swindex < rcdu->num_crtcs; ++hwindex) { @@ -952,8 +954,10 @@ int rcar_du_modeset_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu) /* Initialize the encoders. */ ret = rcar_du_encoders_init(rcdu); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + dev_err_probe(rcdu->dev, "failed to initialize encoders\n", ret); return ret; + } if (ret == 0) { dev_err(rcdu->dev, "error: no encoder could be initialized\n"); -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart