Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: Silence remoteproc probe deferral prints
From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 10:03:28 EST
On 2/12/26 3:52 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> Upon failing to resolve the remoteproc phandle one ath11k_dbg() and one
> ath11k_err() is used to tell the user about the (presumably) temporary
> failure.
>
> Reduce the log spam by removing the duplicate print and switching to
> dev_err_probe(), in line with how ath12k handles this error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c | 10 +++-------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> index 8dfe9b40c12626649639fc1dd9da0e5e0c2dcaf1..08d3a0c8f105b26b1548c5d6006f6ea162fe58ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> @@ -807,10 +807,8 @@ static int ath11k_core_get_rproc(struct ath11k_base *ab)
> }
>
> prproc = rproc_get_by_phandle(rproc_phandle);
> - if (!prproc) {
> - ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_AHB, "failed to get rproc, deferring\n");
> - return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> - }
> + if (!prproc)
> + return dev_err_probe(&ab->pdev->dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "failed to get rproc\n");
I'd like to think this doesn't really change the behavior, but I'd rather
see this that in-house print functions..
> ab_ahb->tgt_rproc = prproc;
>
> return 0;
> @@ -1190,10 +1188,8 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> ath11k_ahb_init_qmi_ce_config(ab);
>
> ret = ath11k_core_get_rproc(ab);
> - if (ret) {
> - ath11k_err(ab, "failed to get rproc: %d\n", ret);
> + if (ret)
> goto err_ce_free;
> - }
If the rproc handle is unavailable at this point, we undo quite a bit of work
in .probe.. would it make sense to move this check way above?
Konrad