Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] net: pse-pd: Add PD692x0 PSE controller driver

[Köry Maincent]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 19:01:47 +0100
Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 04/12/2023 à 23:16, Köry Maincent a écrit :
> > Thanks for your review!
> > 
> > On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 22:11:46 +0100
> > Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >>> +
> >>> +	fwl = firmware_upload_register(THIS_MODULE, dev, dev_name(dev),
> >>> +				       &pd692x0_fw_ops, priv);
> >>> +	if (IS_ERR(fwl)) {
> >>> +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register to the Firmware Upload
> >>> API\n");
> >>> +		ret = PTR_ERR(fwl);
> >>> +		return ret;  
> >>
> >> Nit: return dev_err_probe()?  
> > 
> > No EPROBE_DEFER error can be catch from firmware_upload_register()
> > function, so it's not needed.  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> up to you to take it or not, but dev_err_probe() also logs the error 
> code in a human readable way and it saves a few lines of code.
> 
> If I remember correctly, it also saves some bytes in the .o file.

Oh, didn't know that.

> Other than that, it is a matter of style.

After some thought it seems indeed better, I will move on to dev_err_probe() in
next version.

Thanks,
Regards,
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