[PATCH 7/9] staging: axis-fifo: Remove noisy error messages for user errors

From: Ovidiu Panait
Date: Sat Dec 27 2025 - 16:28:22 EST


Remove dev_err() calls for conditions caused by invalid userspace
input. Logging them clutters the kernel log, especially if userspace
repeatedly makes invalid calls.

Also, consolidate the write validation checks into a single condition.

Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait.oss@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c | 17 ++---------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
index 6d9ff6384168..bce32e9da347 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/axis-fifo/axis-fifo.c
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ static ssize_t axis_fifo_read(struct file *f, char __user *buf,
words_available = bytes_available / sizeof(u32);

if (bytes_available > len) {
- dev_err(fifo->dt_device, "user read buffer too small (available bytes=%zu user buffer bytes=%zu)\n",
- bytes_available, len);
ret = -EINVAL;
goto err_flush_rx;
}
@@ -268,20 +266,8 @@ static ssize_t axis_fifo_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
u32 *txbuf;
int ret;

- if (len % sizeof(u32)) {
- dev_err(fifo->dt_device,
- "tried to send a packet that isn't word-aligned\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
words_to_write = len / sizeof(u32);

- if (!words_to_write) {
- dev_err(fifo->dt_device,
- "tried to send a packet of length 0\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
/*
* In 'Store-and-Forward' mode, the maximum packet that can be
* transmitted is limited by the size of the FIFO, which is
@@ -291,7 +277,8 @@ static ssize_t axis_fifo_write(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
* otherwise a 'Transmit Packet Overrun Error' interrupt will be
* raised, which requires a reset of the TX circuit to recover.
*/
- if (words_to_write > (fifo->tx_fifo_depth - 4))
+ if (!words_to_write || (len % sizeof(u32)) ||
+ (words_to_write > (fifo->tx_fifo_depth - 4)))
return -EINVAL;

if (f->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
--
2.51.0