[PATCH 2/4] power: supply: axp288_charger: Simplify returns of dev_err_probe()

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 12:51:11 EST


One of benefits of dev_err_probe() is that it returns the error value
greatly simplifying the error paths (e.g. three lines -> one line).

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

Context depends on previous patch
---
drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c | 52 ++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
index ca52c2c82b2c..ea0f5caee8f0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/axp288_charger.c
@@ -859,12 +859,10 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
info->regmap_irqc = axp20x->regmap_irqc;

info->cable.edev = extcon_get_extcon_dev(AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);
- if (IS_ERR(info->cable.edev)) {
- dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->cable.edev),
- "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
- AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);
- return PTR_ERR(info->cable.edev);
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(info->cable.edev))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->cable.edev),
+ "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
+ AXP288_EXTCON_DEV_NAME);

/*
* On devices with broken ACPI GPIO event handlers there also is no ACPI
@@ -878,12 +876,11 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

if (extcon_name) {
info->otg.cable = extcon_get_extcon_dev(extcon_name);
- if (IS_ERR(info->otg.cable)) {
- dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->otg.cable),
- "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
- USB_HOST_EXTCON_NAME);
- return PTR_ERR(info->otg.cable);
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(info->otg.cable))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->otg.cable),
+ "extcon_get_extcon_dev(%s) failed\n",
+ USB_HOST_EXTCON_NAME);
+
dev_info(dev, "Using " USB_HOST_EXTCON_HID " extcon for usb-id\n");
}

@@ -897,11 +894,9 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
charger_cfg.drv_data = info;
info->psy_usb = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &axp288_charger_desc,
&charger_cfg);
- if (IS_ERR(info->psy_usb)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(info->psy_usb);
- dev_err(dev, "failed to register power supply: %d\n", ret);
- return ret;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(info->psy_usb))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(info->psy_usb),
+ "failed to register power supply: %d\n", ret);

/* Cancel our work on cleanup, register this before the notifiers */
ret = devm_work_autocancel(dev, &info->cable.work,
@@ -913,10 +908,9 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
info->cable.nb.notifier_call = axp288_charger_handle_cable_evt;
ret = devm_extcon_register_notifier_all(dev, info->cable.edev,
&info->cable.nb);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to register cable extcon notifier\n");
- return ret;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to register cable extcon notifier\n");
+
schedule_work(&info->cable.work);

ret = devm_work_autocancel(dev, &info->otg.work,
@@ -929,10 +923,10 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (info->otg.cable) {
ret = devm_extcon_register_notifier(dev, info->otg.cable,
EXTCON_USB_HOST, &info->otg.id_nb);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to register EXTCON_USB_HOST notifier\n");
- return ret;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
+ "failed to register EXTCON_USB_HOST notifier\n");
+
schedule_work(&info->otg.work);
}

@@ -951,11 +945,9 @@ static int axp288_charger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&info->pdev->dev, info->irq[i],
NULL, axp288_charger_irq_thread_handler,
IRQF_ONESHOT, info->pdev->name, info);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed to request interrupt=%d\n",
- info->irq[i]);
- return ret;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to request interrupt=%d\n",
+ info->irq[i]);
}

return 0;
--
2.51.0