Re: [PATCH] driver core: show the error number when driver_sysfs_add() fails

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 12:15:46PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> If driver_sysfs_add() fails, kernel shows following message,
> 
>   really_probe: driver_sysfs_add(portman.0) failed
>   ppdev: probe of portman.0 failed with error 0
> 
> It's better to show the error number like other probe_failed path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/dd.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index 0df9b4461766..04ee4e196530 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ static int really_probe(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
>  			goto probe_failed;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (driver_sysfs_add(dev)) {
> +	ret = driver_sysfs_add(dev);
> +	if (ret) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_sysfs_add(%s) failed\n",
>  			__func__, dev_name(dev));

Shouldn't this be where the error number is shown?  No need for all
callers to also show the same thing.

thanks,

greg k-h