The dev_err_probe() doesn't do anything when error is '-ENOMEM'.
Make the following two changes:
(1) Replace -ENOMEM with -ENOSPC in max3100_probe().
(2) Just return -ENOMEM instead in max310x_probe().

Signed-off-by: Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@vivo.com>
---
v2: Replace -ENOMEM with -ENOSPC.
v3: Add modifications to max310x.c.
---
 drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c | 2 +-
 drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
index 67d80f8f801e..3faa1b6aa3ee 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int max3100_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 			break;
 	if (i == MAX_MAX3100) {
 		mutex_unlock(&max3100s_lock);
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENOMEM, "too many MAX3100 chips\n");
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENOSPC, "too many MAX3100 chips\n");
 	}
 
 	max3100s[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct max3100_port), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index 541c790c0109..79bec9509154 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -1269,8 +1269,7 @@ static int max310x_probe(struct device *dev, const struct max310x_devtype *devty
 	/* Alloc port structure */
 	s = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(s, p, devtype->nr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENOMEM,
-				     "Error allocating port structure\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Always ask for fixed clock rate from a property. */
 	device_property_read_u32(dev, "clock-frequency", &uartclk);
-- 
2.34.1

On 19. 08. 25, 14:09, Xichao Zhao wrote:
> The dev_err_probe() doesn't do anything when error is '-ENOMEM'.
> Make the following two changes:
> (1) Replace -ENOMEM with -ENOSPC in max3100_probe().
> (2) Just return -ENOMEM instead in max310x_probe().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@vivo.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>

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