[PATCH v1 2/5] Input: gpio_decoder - unify messages with help of dev_err_probe()

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Wed Nov 12 2025 - 14:14:17 EST


Unify error messages that might appear during probe phase by
switching to use dev_err_probe().

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/misc/gpio_decoder.c | 26 ++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/gpio_decoder.c b/drivers/input/misc/gpio_decoder.c
index 459abc749a49..a2ae400790f9 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/gpio_decoder.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/gpio_decoder.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
*/

#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -73,15 +74,12 @@ static int gpio_decoder_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
device_property_read_u32(dev, "linux,axis", &decoder->axis);

decoder->input_gpios = devm_gpiod_get_array(dev, NULL, GPIOD_IN);
- if (IS_ERR(decoder->input_gpios)) {
- dev_err(dev, "unable to acquire input gpios\n");
- return PTR_ERR(decoder->input_gpios);
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(decoder->input_gpios))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(decoder->input_gpios),
+ "unable to acquire input gpios\n");

- if (decoder->input_gpios->ndescs < 2) {
- dev_err(dev, "not enough gpios found\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ if (decoder->input_gpios->ndescs < 2)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "not enough gpios found\n");

if (device_property_read_u32(dev, "decoder-max-value", &max))
max = (1U << decoder->input_gpios->ndescs) - 1;
@@ -97,16 +95,12 @@ static int gpio_decoder_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
input_set_abs_params(input, decoder->axis, 0, max, 0, 0);

err = input_setup_polling(input, gpio_decoder_poll_gpios);
- if (err) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to set up polling\n");
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "failed to set up polling\n");

err = input_register_device(input);
- if (err) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to register input device\n");
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "failed to register input device\n");

return 0;
}
--
2.50.1