RE: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi_ccg: use dev_info for timeout error

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Hi Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 11:55 AM
> To: Ajay Gupta <ajaykuee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ajay Gupta
> <ajayg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi_ccg: use dev_info for timeout error
> 
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> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:42:16AM -0700, Ajay Gupta wrote:
> > From: Ajay Gupta <ajayg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Timeout error may be seen due to missing USB Type-C UCSI controller on
> > some NVIDIA GPU card. Currently we don't have a correct way to
> > identify these cards.
> 
> No unique id anywhere???  That feels like someone really messed up :(
Yes, there is none.
> 
> >
> > Tools like Plymouth (splashscreen) doesn't like dev_err so changing
> > timeout status log to dev_info.
> >
> > Bug information:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206653
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ajay Gupta <ajayg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
> > b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
> > index bff96d64dddf..d69432df866e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi_ccg.c
> > @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int ccg_read(struct ucsi_ccg *uc, u16 rab, u8
> *data, u32 len)
> >               put_unaligned_le16(rab, buf);
> >               status = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msgs, ARRAY_SIZE(msgs));
> >               if (status < 0) {
> > -                     dev_err(uc->dev, "i2c_transfer failed %d\n", status);
> > +                     dev_info(uc->dev, "i2c_transfer failed %d\n",
> > + status);
> 
> It's an error, leave it an error.
> 
> If it's not an error, don't log it.
Looks like this is the best option we have.

Thanks
> nvpublic
> 
> Or better yet, fix the hardware :)
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h




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