Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] iio: light: cm3323: use dev_err_probe() in probe path
From: David Lechner
Date: Sun Apr 05 2026 - 11:12:41 EST
On 4/4/26 3:58 PM, Aldo Conte wrote:
> Replace dev_err() calls with dev_err_probe() in cm3323_init() and
> cm3323_probe(). cm3323_init() is called by cm3323_probe(), so using
> dev_err_probe() ensures that deferred probing is handled
> correctly and simplifies error paths.
>
> Remove the redundant error message in cm3323_probe().
>
> Tested on a Raspberry Pi 3B using i2c-stub. The driver probes
> successfully and successfully read integration_time after this change.
>
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Aldo Conte <aldocontelk@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add struct device *dev local variable to shorten dev_err_probe()
> calls to one-liners (suggested by Andy Shevchenko)
>
> drivers/iio/light/cm3323.c | 18 +++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/cm3323.c b/drivers/iio/light/cm3323.c
> index 0fe61b8a7029..5b36fc265c6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/light/cm3323.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/light/cm3323.c
> @@ -80,22 +80,19 @@ static int cm3323_init(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
> {
> int ret;
> struct cm3323_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> + struct device *dev = &data->client->dev;
>
> ret = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(data->client, CM3323_CMD_CONF);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - dev_err(&data->client->dev, "Error reading reg_conf\n");
> - return ret;
> - }
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Error reading reg_conf\n");
>
> /* enable sensor and set auto force mode */
> ret &= ~(CM3323_CONF_SD_BIT | CM3323_CONF_AF_BIT);
> data->reg_conf = ret;
>
> ret = i2c_smbus_write_word_data(data->client, CM3323_CMD_CONF, data->reg_conf);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - dev_err(&data->client->dev, "Error writing reg_conf\n");
> - return ret;
> - }
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Error writing reg_conf\n");
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -236,10 +233,9 @@ static int cm3323_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
>
> ret = cm3323_init(indio_dev);
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - dev_err(&client->dev, "cm3323 chip init failed\n");
> + if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> - }
> +
>
checkpatch.pl should have warned about having to blank lines here
now. Prefer only one.
> ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&client->dev, cm3323_disable, indio_dev);
> if (ret < 0)