Re: [PATCH -next] driver core: switch to use dev_err_probe()

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 05:46:56PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> Use dev_err_probe() to simplify code and print error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 753e7cca0f40..e51a09f9d0ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -2507,11 +2507,9 @@ static ssize_t uevent_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  	int rc;
>  
>  	rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&dev->kobj, buf, count);
> -
> -	if (rc) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent\n");
> -		return rc;
> -	}
> +	if (rc)
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, rc,
> +				     "uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent\n");

I do not understand this at all, this is not on the probe path at all,
so why is this function needed?

Have you tested this?  What was the resulting output before and after
this change?

thanks,

greg k-h