Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 1/5] driver core: add probe_err log helper

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:41 PM Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> During probe every time driver gets resource it should usually check for error
> printk some message if it is not -EPROBE_DEFER and return the error. This
> pattern is simple but requires adding few lines after any resource acquisition
> code, as a result it is often omited or implemented only partially.
> probe_err helps to replace such code sequences with simple call, so code:
>         if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>                 dev_err(dev, ...);
>         return err;
> becomes:
>         return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c    | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/device.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 67d39a90b45c..ee9da66bff1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -3953,6 +3953,45 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
>
>  #endif
>
> +/**
> + * probe_err - probe error check and log helper
> + * @dev: the pointer to the struct device
> + * @err: error value to test
> + * @fmt: printf-style format string
> + * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
> + *
> + * This helper implements common pattern present in probe functions for error
> + * checking: print message if the error is not -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate it.
> + * It replaces code sequence:
> + *     if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> + *             dev_err(dev, ...);
> + *     return err;
> + * with
> + *     return probe_err(dev, err, ...);
> + *
> + * Returns @err.
> + *
> + */
> +int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
> +{
> +       struct va_format vaf;
> +       va_list args;
> +
> +       if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> +               return err;
> +
> +       va_start(args, fmt);
> +       vaf.fmt = fmt;
> +       vaf.va = &args;
> +
> +       dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
> +
> +       va_end(args);
> +
> +       return err;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_err);
> +
>  static inline bool fwnode_is_primary(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>  {
>         return fwnode && !IS_ERR(fwnode->secondary);
> diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
> index 15460a5ac024..40a90d9bf799 100644
> --- a/include/linux/device.h
> +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> @@ -964,6 +964,9 @@ void device_link_remove(void *consumer, struct device *supplier);
>  void device_links_supplier_sync_state_pause(void);
>  void device_links_supplier_sync_state_resume(void);
>
> +extern __printf(3, 4)
> +int probe_err(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...);
> +
>  /* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */
>  #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(major,minor) \
>         MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor))
> --
> 2.17.1
>