Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: log clock enable errors

[Simon Horman]

On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 11:40:35PM +0200, Lorenz Brun wrote:
> Currently errors in clk_prepare_enable are silently swallowed.
> Add a log stating which clock failed to be enabled and what the error
> code was.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenz Brun <lorenz@xxxxxxxx>

Hi Lorenz,

I think this would be targeted at net-next, and thus that should be noted
in the subject.

	[PATCH net-next] ...

Link: https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> index e14050e17862..ca66a573cfcb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
> @@ -3445,8 +3445,10 @@ static int mtk_clk_enable(struct mtk_eth *eth)
>  
>  	for (clk = 0; clk < MTK_CLK_MAX ; clk++) {
>  		ret = clk_prepare_enable(eth->clks[clk]);
> -		if (ret)
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(eth->dev, "enabling clock %s failed with error %d\n", mtk_clks_source_name[clk], ret);

I see that some error logs are generated by clk_prepare_enable().
Is it common practice to also log in the caller, as you are doing above?
(Genuine question, I don't know.)

>  			goto err_disable_clks;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;