Re: [PATCH] drm: dpcd: Print more useful information during error

From: Aurabindo Pillai
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 21:45:29 EST


When DPCD access errors occur, knowing the register and request
associated with the error helps debugging, so print the
details in the debug message.

Signed-off-by: Aurabindo Pillai <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index c6fbe6e6b..8aafc01f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ static int drm_dp_dpcd_access(struct drm_dp_aux
*aux, u8 request,
err = ret;
}

- DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Too many retries, giving up. First error: %d\n", err);
+ DRM_DEBUG_KMS("dpcd: Too many retries, giving up. First error: %d,"
+ " address: 0x%x, request: 0x%x, size:%zu\n",
+ err, msg.address, msg.request, msg.size);
ret = err;

unlock:
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2.26.0

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 7:04 AM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 09 Apr 2020, Aurabindo Pillai <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When DPCD access errors occur, knowing the register and request
> > associated with the error helps debugging, so print the
> > details in the debug message.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aurabindo Pillai <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > index a5364b519..545606aac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > @@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ static int drm_dp_dpcd_access(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, u8 request,
> > err = ret;
> > }
> >
> > - DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Too many retries, giving up. First error: %d\n", err);
> > + DRM_DEBUG_KMS("dpcd: Too many retries, giving up. First error: %d\t"
> > + "address: %x\trequest: %x\t size:%zu\n",
> > + err, msg.address, msg.request, msg.size);
>
> Nitpicks, please don't add tabs, maybe use commas instead, and please
> add 0x in front of hex.
>
> BR,
> Jani.
>
>
> > ret = err;
> >
> > unlock:
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center



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Thanks and Regards,

Aurabindo J Pillai
https://aurabindo.in