[PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Make dev_err_probe() silent for -ENOMEM

Uwe Kleine-König posted 2 patches 1 year, 8 months ago
[PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Make dev_err_probe() silent for -ENOMEM
Posted by Uwe Kleine-König 1 year, 8 months ago
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>

For an out-of-memory error there should be no additional output. Adapt
dev_err_probe() to not emit the error message when err is -ENOMEM.
This simplifies handling errors that might among others be -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>
---
 drivers/base/core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2b4c0624b704..730cae66607c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -5021,11 +5021,22 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
 	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-		dev_err(dev, "error %pe: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
-	} else {
+	switch (err) {
+	case -EPROBE_DEFER:
 		device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, &vaf);
 		dev_dbg(dev, "error %pe: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
+		break;
+
+	case -ENOMEM:
+		/*
+		 * We don't print anything on -ENOMEM, there is already enough
+		 * output.
+		 */
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		dev_err(dev, "error %pe: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	va_end(args);
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: Make dev_err_probe() silent for -ENOMEM
Posted by Geert Uytterhoeven 1 year, 8 months ago
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 11:24 PM Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>
>
> For an out-of-memory error there should be no additional output. Adapt
> dev_err_probe() to not emit the error message when err is -ENOMEM.
> This simplifies handling errors that might among others be -ENOMEM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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