Re: [PATCH] driver core: Let dev_err_probe() use the symbolic error code

From: Andrzej Hajda
Date: Tue Aug 11 2020 - 11:06:45 EST


Hi Uwe,

On 11.08.2020 09:20, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This makes the error message:
>
> error -EIO: ...
>
> instead of
>
> error -5: ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index ac1046a382bc..33734d8831c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -4237,10 +4237,10 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
> vaf.va = &args;
>
> if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> - dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> + dev_err(dev, "error %pE: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
> } else {
> device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, &vaf);
> - dev_dbg(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> + dev_dbg(dev, "error %pE: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);


Apparently I have misread docs about %pE flag. Thanks for spotting this.

Reviewed-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards
Andrzej


> }
>
> va_end(args);