This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled media: i2c: max9286: Use dev_err_probe() helper to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: media-i2c-max9286-use-dev_err_probe-helper.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 1efc59159ceea020c93a7d2cddd3bc7886b04304 Author: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Dec 8 13:17:56 2021 +0100 media: i2c: max9286: Use dev_err_probe() helper [ Upstream commit df78b858e773967112b4444400fb7bb5bd7a9d8a ] Use the dev_err_probe() helper, instead of open-coding the same operation. While at it retrieve the error once and use it from 'ret' instead of retrieving it twice. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20211208121756.3051565-1-niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Niklas S\xF6derlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c index 1aa2c58fd38c..1bbcc46fffd5 100644 --- a/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/max9286.c @@ -1296,11 +1296,9 @@ static int max9286_probe(struct i2c_client *client) priv->regulator = devm_regulator_get(&client->dev, "poc"); if (IS_ERR(priv->regulator)) { - if (PTR_ERR(priv->regulator) != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(&client->dev, - "Unable to get PoC regulator (%ld)\n", - PTR_ERR(priv->regulator)); ret = PTR_ERR(priv->regulator); + dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret, + "Unable to get PoC regulator\n"); goto err_powerdown; }