probe_err is useful in multiple contexts where error is encoded in pointer. Adding helper performing conversion to error value should simplify code further.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <[email protected]> --- include/linux/device.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h index 2d3a1cc6f5da..50632414c363 100644 --- a/include/linux/device.h +++ b/include/linux/device.h @@ -1594,6 +1594,8 @@ do { \ extern __printf(3, 4) int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...); +#define probe_err_ptr(dev, ptr, args...) probe_err(dev, PTR_ERR(ptr), args) + /* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */ #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(major,minor) \ MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor)) -- 2.17.1
