[PATCH] driver core: fw_devlink: Don't warn in fw_devlink_dev_sync_state()

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Thu Sep 25 2025 - 08:00:08 EST


Due to the wider deployment of the ->sync_state() support, for PM domains
for example, we are receiving reports about the messages that are being
logged in fw_devlink_dev_sync_state(). In particular as they are at the
warning level, which doesn't seem correct.

Even if it certainly is useful to know that the ->sync_state() condition
could not be met, there may be nothing wrong with it. For example, a driver
may be built as module and are still waiting to be initialized/probed.

Ideally these messages should be at the debug level, but since the
->sync_state() feature is under an ongoing deployment and the prints
provides valuable information, let's move to the info level for now.

Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Sebin Francis <sebin.francis@xxxxxx>
Reported-by: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 d22d6b23e758..97eab79c2f3b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ static int fw_devlink_dev_sync_state(struct device *dev, void *data)
return 0;

if (fw_devlink_sync_state == FW_DEVLINK_SYNC_STATE_STRICT) {
- dev_warn(sup, "sync_state() pending due to %s\n",
+ dev_info(sup, "sync_state() pending due to %s\n",
dev_name(link->consumer));
return 0;
}
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ static int fw_devlink_dev_sync_state(struct device *dev, void *data)
if (!list_empty(&sup->links.defer_sync))
return 0;

- dev_warn(sup, "Timed out. Forcing sync_state()\n");
+ dev_info(sup, "Timed out. Forcing sync_state()\n");
sup->state_synced = true;
get_device(sup);
list_add_tail(&sup->links.defer_sync, data);
--
2.43.0