Re: [PATCH v4 09/21] thermal: intel: int340x: processor_thermal: convert to use devm_request*_irq_probe()

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There are more than 700 calls to devm_request_threaded_irq method and
> more than 1000 calls to devm_request_irq method. Most drivers only
> request one interrupt resource, and these error messages are basically
> the same. If error messages are printed everywhere, more than 2000 lines
> of code can be saved by removing the msg in the driver.
>
> And tglx point out that:
>
>   If we actually look at the call sites of
>   devm_request_threaded_irq() then the vast majority of them print more or
>   less lousy error messages. A quick grep/sed/awk/sort/uniq revealed
>
>      519 messages total (there are probably more)
>
>      352 unique messages
>
>      323 unique messages after lower casing
>
>          Those 323 are mostly just variants of the same patterns with
>          slight modifications in formatting and information provided.
>
>      186 of these messages do not deliver any useful information,
>          e.g. "no irq", "
>
>      The most useful one of all is: "could request wakeup irq: %d"
>
>   So there is certainly an argument to be made that this particular
>   function should print a well formatted and informative error message.
>
>   It's not a general allocator like kmalloc(). It's specialized and in the
>   vast majority of cases failing to request the interrupt causes the
>   device probe to fail. So having proper and consistent information why
>   the device cannot be used _is_ useful.
>
> So convert to use devm_request*_irq_probe() API, which ensure that all
> error handling branches print error information.
>
> In this way, when this function fails, the upper-layer functions can
> directly return an error code without missing debugging information.
> Otherwise, the error message will be printed redundantly or missing.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno  <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  .../intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device_pci.c | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device_pci.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device_pci.c
> index 0d1e98007270..ee766904b314 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/int340x_thermal/processor_thermal_device_pci.c
> @@ -258,13 +258,10 @@ static int proc_thermal_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_
>                 irq_flag = IRQF_SHARED;
>
>         irq =  pci_irq_vector(pdev, 0);
> -       ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq,
> -                                       proc_thermal_irq_handler, NULL,
> -                                       irq_flag, KBUILD_MODNAME, pci_info);
> -       if (ret) {
> -               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Request IRQ %d failed\n", pdev->irq);
> +       ret = devm_request_threaded_irq_probe(&pdev->dev, irq, proc_thermal_irq_handler,
> +                                             NULL, irq_flag, KBUILD_MODNAME, pci_info, NULL);
> +       if (ret)
>                 goto err_free_vectors;
> -       }
>
>         ret = thermal_zone_device_enable(pci_info->tzone);
>         if (ret)
> --
> 2.39.0
>