Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] driver core: Add device probe log helper dev_warn_probe()

From: Hélène Vulquin
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 05:02:22 EST


On Sun Sep 29, 2024 at 11:21 AM CEST, Dragan Simic wrote:
> Some drivers can still provide their functionality to a certain extent even
> some of their resource acquisitions eventually fail. In such cases, emitting
> errors isn't the desired action, but warnings should be emitted instead.
>
> To solve this, introduce dev_warn_probe() as a new device probe log helper,
> which behaves identically as the already existing dev_err_probe(), while it
> produces warnings instead of errors. The intended use is with the resources
> that are actually optional for a particular driver.
>
> While there, copyedit the kerneldoc for dev_err_probe() a bit, to simplify
> its wording a bit, and reuse it as the kerneldoc for dev_warn_probe(), with
> the necessary wording adjustments, of course.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and tested on 6.11 for arm64 without noticing any issues.

Tested-by: Hélène Vulquin <oss@xxxxxxxxxx>