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

From: Hans de Goede

Date: Sat Feb 21 2026 - 10:19:19 EST


Hi,

On 20-Feb-26 18:49, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans



>
> ---
>
> 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;