Re: [RFC PATCH 03/22] thunderbolt: Log warning if adding switch fails

[Mika Westerberg]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 02:18:04PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 02:38:11PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > If we fail to add a switch for some reason log a warning with the error
> > code. This is useful for debugging.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c | 5 ++++-
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> > index 1f7a9e1cc09c..541295be9bfc 100644
> > --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> > @@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static void tb_scan_port(struct tb_port *port)
> >  	struct tb_cm *tcm = tb_priv(port->sw->tb);
> >  	struct tb_port *upstream_port;
> >  	struct tb_switch *sw;
> > +	int ret;
> >  
> >  	if (tb_is_upstream_port(port))
> >  		return;
> > @@ -203,7 +204,9 @@ static void tb_scan_port(struct tb_port *port)
> >  	if (!tcm->hotplug_active)
> >  		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sw->dev, true);
> >  
> > -	if (tb_switch_add(sw)) {
> > +	ret = tb_switch_add(sw);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		dev_warn(&sw->dev, "failed to register switch: %d\n", ret);
> 
> Shouldn't tb_switch_add() do the error reporting instead?  That way it
> makes it easier to call functions and not always have to print failure
> messages :)

Yes, that's better - I'll move it there.