Re: [PATCH] drm/mediatek: hdmi: Convert DRM_ERROR() to drm_err()

[Jani Nikula]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2026, sai madhu <suryasaimadhu369@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The DRM_ERROR() macro is deprecated in favor of drm_err() which
> provides device-specific logging.
>
> Replace DRM_ERROR() with drm_err() in the Mediatek HDMI bridge
> driver and pass the drm_device pointer via bridge->dev.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: sai madhu <suryasaimadhu369@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi.c
> index 1ea259854780..f431fc9adca5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_hdmi.c
> @@ -981,8 +981,9 @@ static int mtk_hdmi_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (!(flags & DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR)) {
> -		DRM_ERROR("%s: The flag DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR must be supplied\n",
> -			  __func__);
> +		drm_err(bridge->dev,
> +			"%s: The flag DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR must be supplied\n",
> +			__func__);

We really shouldn't be logging __func__ either. Errors should be
unambigious anyway, and drm_dbg* logging uses
__builtin_return_address(0) to achieve the same with a much smaller
footprint.

BR,
Jani.

>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel