Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: Silence remoteproc probe deferral prints

[Baochen Qiang]

On 2/12/2026 10:52 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> Upon failing to resolve the remoteproc phandle one ath11k_dbg() and one
> ath11k_err() is used to tell the user about the (presumably) temporary
> failure.
> 
> Reduce the log spam by removing the duplicate print and switching to
> dev_err_probe(), in line with how ath12k handles this error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> index 8dfe9b40c12626649639fc1dd9da0e5e0c2dcaf1..08d3a0c8f105b26b1548c5d6006f6ea162fe58ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c
> @@ -807,10 +807,8 @@ static int ath11k_core_get_rproc(struct ath11k_base *ab)
>  	}
>  
>  	prproc = rproc_get_by_phandle(rproc_phandle);
> -	if (!prproc) {
> -		ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_AHB, "failed to get rproc, deferring\n");
> -		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> -	}
> +	if (!prproc)
> +		return dev_err_probe(&ab->pdev->dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "failed to get rproc\n");
>  	ab_ahb->tgt_rproc = prproc;
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -1190,10 +1188,8 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	ath11k_ahb_init_qmi_ce_config(ab);
>  
>  	ret = ath11k_core_get_rproc(ab);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to get rproc: %d\n", ret);
> +	if (ret)
>  		goto err_ce_free;
> -	}
>  
>  	ret = ath11k_core_init(ab);
>  	if (ret) {
> 
> ---
> base-commit: fd9678829d6dd0c10fde080b536abf4b1121c346
> change-id: 20260212-ath11k-silence-probe-deferr-28c2532bcc1d
> 
> Best regards,

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>