Add a new error message that makes failures to probe visible in the
kernel log, like:
nvme 0008:00:00.0: error -ENODEV: probe failed

This highlights issues with a particular device right away instead of
leaving users to search for missing drives.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index c916176bd9f058b49e6e6768675711df52b15765..8c624960c9f67e0cc8409023de5e532d6ed9b3ac 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -3522,6 +3522,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	nvme_uninit_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
 out_put_ctrl:
 	nvme_put_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
+	dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, result, "probe failed\n");
 	return result;
 }
 

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2.48.1

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 12:33:16PM +0200, Gerd Bayer wrote:
> Add a new error message that makes failures to probe visible in the
> kernel log, like:
> nvme 0008:00:00.0: error -ENODEV: probe failed
> 
> This highlights issues with a particular device right away instead of
> leaving users to search for missing drives.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 12:33 +0200, Gerd Bayer wrote:
> Add a new error message that makes failures to probe visible in the
> kernel log, like:
> nvme 0008:00:00.0: error -ENODEV: probe failed
> 
> This highlights issues with a particular device right away instead of
> leaving users to search for missing drives.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> index c916176bd9f058b49e6e6768675711df52b15765..8c624960c9f67e0cc8409023de5e532d6ed9b3ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> @@ -3522,6 +3522,7 @@ static int nvme_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
>  	nvme_uninit_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
>  out_put_ctrl:
>  	nvme_put_ctrl(&dev->ctrl);
> +	dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, result, "probe failed\n");
>  	return result;
>  }

This one failed to reach Chaitanya due to a typo in the email address
on my side. Sorry!