Re: [PATCH] iio: dac: adi-axi-dac: improve probe() error messaging

From: Nuno Sá
Date: Tue Jun 18 2024 - 06:36:22 EST


On Mon, 2024-06-17 at 11:18 -0400, Trevor Gamblin wrote:
> The current error handling for calls such as devm_clk_get_enabled() in
> the adi-axi-dac probe() function means that, if a property such as
> 'clocks' (for example) is not present in the devicetree when booting a
> kernel with the driver enabled, the resulting error message will be
> vague, e.g.:
>
> > adi_axi_dac 44a00000.dac: probe with driver adi_axi_dac failed with error -2
>
> Change the devm_clk_get_enabled(), devm_regmap_init_mmio(), and
> devm_iio_backend_register() checks to use dev_err_probe() with some
> context for easier debugging.
>
> After the change:
>
> > adi_axi_dac 44a00000.dac: error -ENOENT: failed to get clock
> > adi_axi_dac 44a00000.dac: probe with driver adi_axi_dac failed with error -2
>
> Suggested-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Angelo Dureghello <adureghello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Added Angelo as Tested-by since he tested the patch on an internal
> setup.
> ---

Reviewed-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>