Re: [PATCH] ASoC: dpcm: remove confusing trace in dpcm_get_be()

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

On 2/19/20 5:50 AM, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> Now that dpcm_get_be() is used in dpcm_end_walk_at_be(), it is not a error
> if this function does not find a BE for the provided widget. Remove the
> related dev_err() trace which is confusing since things might be working
> as expected.
>
> When called from dpcm_add_paths(), it is an error if dpcm_get_be() fails to
> find a BE for the provided widget. The necessary error trace is already
> done in this case.
>
> Fixes: 027a48387183 ("ASoC: soc-pcm: use dpcm_get_be() at dpcm_end_walk_at_be()")
> Cc: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good catch, this error log is indeed unnecessary, I see more than 30 
lines of 'can't get capture/playback BE' for all the non-BE widgets in 
our topologies (PCM, buffers, PGA, EQ, etc).

Tested-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>   sound/soc/soc-pcm.c | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
> index 63f67eb7c077..aff27c8599ef 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
> +++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
> @@ -1270,9 +1270,7 @@ static struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *dpcm_get_be(struct snd_soc_card *card,
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> -	/* dai link name and stream name set correctly ? */
> -	dev_err(card->dev, "ASoC: can't get %s BE for %s\n",
> -		stream ? "capture" : "playback", widget->name);
> +	/* Widget provided is not a BE */
>   	return NULL;
>   }
>