During probe every time driver gets resource it should usually check for error
printk some message if it is not -EPROBE_DEFER and return the error. This
pattern is simple but requires adding few lines after any resource acquisition
code, as a result it is often omited or implemented only partially.
probe_err helps to replace such code sequences with simple call, so code:
if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
dev_err(dev, ...);
return err;
becomes:
return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.ha...@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javi...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broo...@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevche...@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- added 'extern __printf(3, 4)' decorators to probe_err,
- changed error logging format - newline at the end,
- added empty lines in probe_err around dev_err,
- added R-b by Mark and Andy.
v2:
- added error value to log message,
- fixed code style,
- added EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL,
- Added R-B by Javier (I hope the changes did not invalidate it).
---
drivers/base/core.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/device.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 04bbcd779e11..1f3e99c2ef03 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -3067,6 +3067,45 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
#endif
+/**
+ * probe_err - probe error check and log helper
+ * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
+ * @err: error value to test
+ * @fmt: printf-style format string
+ * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
+ *
+ * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
+ * checking: print message if the error is not -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate it.
+ * It replaces code sequence:
+ * if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ * dev_err(dev, ...);
+ * return err;
+ * with
+ * return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
+ *
+ * Returns @err.
+ *
+ */
+int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ struct va_format vaf;
+ va_list args;
+
+ if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+ return err;
+
+ va_start(args, fmt);
+ vaf.fmt = fmt;
+ vaf.va = &args;
+
+ dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
+
+ va_end(args);
+
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_err);
+
static inline bool fwnode_is_primary(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
{
return fwnode && !IS_ERR(fwnode->secondary);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 90224e75ade4..6831677d5278 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1577,6 +1577,9 @@ do {
\
WARN_ONCE(condition, "%s %s: " format, \
dev_driver_string(dev), dev_name(dev), ## arg)
+extern __printf(3, 4)
+int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
+
/* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */
#define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(major,minor) \
MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor))
--
2.18.0
