Re: [PATCH v11 10/27] iommu/exynos: use managed device helper functions

[Jingoo Han]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:12 AM, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On 18.03.2014 11:38, Cho KyongHo wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:28:36 +0100, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> >> On 14.03.2014 06:05, Cho KyongHo wrote:
> >>> This patch uses managed device helper functions in the probe().
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Cho KyongHo <pullip.cho@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>    drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c |   64 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------
> >>>    1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
> >>> index 36e6b73..33b424d 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c

[.....]

> >>>    	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
> >>>    	if (!res) {
> >>> -		dev_dbg(dev, "Unable to find IOMEM region\n");
> >>> -		ret = -ENOENT;
> >>> -		goto err_init;
> >>> +		dev_err(dev, "Unable to find IOMEM region\n");
> >>> +		return -ENOENT;
> >>>    	}
> >>
> >> No need to check for error and print message, because
> >> devm_ioremap_resource() already checks the passed resource and handles
> >> error cases.
> >>
> >
> > Yes but devm_ioremap_resource() just tells that the given 'res' is not
> > correct. I think the message in the driver is more informative.
> 
> The common practice used in Linux kernel is to not duplicate such
> messages. It is obvious that devm_ioremap_resource() printing such
> message is related to an IOMEM resource anyway, as you can't used it
> with other types of resources.

+1

I agree with Tomasz Figa's opinion.
These messages have been being removed from Linux kernel.
Thank you.

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

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