Re: [PATCH] usb: bdc: Remove duplicate error message in bdc_probe()

[Felipe Balbi]

Hi,

Tang Bin <tangbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Greg KH:
>
> 在 2020/9/27 21:45, Greg KH 写道:
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 09:42:18PM +0800, Tang Bin wrote:
>>> In this function, we don't need dev_err() message because
>>> when something goes wrong, devm_platform_ioremap_resource()
>>> can print an error message itself, so remove the redundant
>>> one.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Shengju <zhangshengju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tang Bin <tangbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bdc/bdc_core.c | 4 +---
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bdc/bdc_core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bdc/bdc_core.c
>>> index 02a3a7746..9454f179e 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bdc/bdc_core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bdc/bdc_core.c
>>> @@ -508,10 +508,8 @@ static int bdc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>   	bdc->clk = clk;
>>>   
>>>   	bdc->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
>>> -	if (IS_ERR(bdc->regs)) {
>>> -		dev_err(dev, "ioremap error\n");
>>> +	if (IS_ERR(bdc->regs))
>>>   		return -ENOMEM;
>> Why not return the error given to us?
>
> Because when get ioremap failed, devm_platform_ioremap_resource() can 
> print error message
>
> "dev_err(dev, "ioremap failed for resource %pR\n", res)" in it's called 
> function. So I think this's place's
>
> dev_err(dev, "ioremap error\n") is redundant.

that's not what Greg point you at, though. Greg's concern is valid in
that instead of passing along the error within bdc->regs, you always
return -ENOMEM. OTW, your code should read like so:

	if (IS_ERR(bdc->regs))
        	return PTR_ERR(bdc->regs);

-- 
balbi

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