[PATCH] staging: nvec: propagate error codes in tegra_nvec_probe()
From: Artem Lytkin
Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 15:20:48 EST
Several error paths in tegra_nvec_probe() return -ENODEV instead of
propagating the actual error code from the called function. This
prevents probe deferral from working correctly when a dependency
(clock, IRQ) is not yet available.
Fix this for platform_get_irq(), devm_clk_get(), and
devm_request_irq() by propagating their return values. Use
dev_err_probe() for the latter two to suppress log messages during
deferred probing.
The remaining -ENODEV returns for missing device tree node and
slave-addr property are left unchanged as those are permanent
configuration errors unrelated to probe deferral.
Signed-off-by: Artem Lytkin <iprintercanon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c | 15 ++++++---------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 263774e6a..c4e383de5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -809,13 +809,12 @@ static int tegra_nvec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
nvec->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
if (nvec->irq < 0)
- return -ENODEV;
+ return nvec->irq;
i2c_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "div-clk");
- if (IS_ERR(i2c_clk)) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to get controller clock\n");
- return -ENODEV;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(i2c_clk))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(i2c_clk),
+ "failed to get controller clock\n");
nvec->rst = devm_reset_control_get_exclusive(dev, "i2c");
if (IS_ERR(nvec->rst)) {
@@ -847,10 +846,8 @@ static int tegra_nvec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
err = devm_request_irq(dev, nvec->irq, nvec_interrupt, IRQF_NO_AUTOEN,
"nvec", nvec);
- if (err) {
- dev_err(dev, "couldn't request irq\n");
- return -ENODEV;
- }
+ if (err)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "couldn't request irq\n");
tegra_init_i2c_slave(nvec);
--
2.43.0