So far, only 'watchdog_register_device' prints an error if registering the watchdog driver fails. '__watchdog_register_device' doesn't. Refactor the code so that both print out. Drivers can then rely on that and skip their own error messages. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c index aff2c3912ead..d46d8c8c01f2 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void watchdog_set_restart_priority(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int priority) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_set_restart_priority); -static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) +static int ___watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) { int ret, id = -1; @@ -337,6 +337,22 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) return 0; } +static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) +{ + const char *dev_str; + int ret; + + ret = ___watchdog_register_device(wdd); + if (ret) { + dev_str = wdd->parent ? dev_name(wdd->parent) : + (const char *)wdd->info->identity; + pr_err("%s: failed to register watchdog device (err = %d)\n", + dev_str, ret); + } + + return ret; +} + /** * watchdog_register_device() - register a watchdog device * @wdd: watchdog device @@ -350,7 +366,6 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) { - const char *dev_str; int ret = 0; mutex_lock(&wtd_deferred_reg_mutex); @@ -360,13 +375,6 @@ int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd) watchdog_deferred_registration_add(wdd); mutex_unlock(&wtd_deferred_reg_mutex); - if (ret) { - dev_str = wdd->parent ? dev_name(wdd->parent) : - (const char *)wdd->info->identity; - pr_err("%s: failed to register watchdog device (err = %d)\n", - dev_str, ret); - } - return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_register_device); -- 2.45.2