[PATCH] drm/mxsfb/lcdif: don't hide lcdif_attach_bridge() deferral messages

From: Luca Ceresoli

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 03:03:53 EST


lcdif_attach_bridge() uses dev_err_probe() on all its error returns to
store a specific deferral message.

However its caller lcdif_load() calls dev_err_probe() again on error,
overwriting the specific deferral messages with a unique, unavoidably
generic, message.

Make the specific deferral message visible by using a plain 'return ret' on
the caller.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/lcdif_drv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/lcdif_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/lcdif_drv.c
index f5bb59cd5028..e2173c4d6fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/lcdif_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/lcdif_drv.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int lcdif_load(struct drm_device *drm)

ret = lcdif_attach_bridge(lcdif);
if (ret)
- return dev_err_probe(drm->dev, ret, "Cannot connect bridge\n");
+ return ret;

drm->mode_config.min_width = LCDIF_MIN_XRES;
drm->mode_config.min_height = LCDIF_MIN_YRES;

---
base-commit: 98b46e693b912eef0e6d497327489113845cbd15
change-id: 20260619-drm-lcdif-deferral-msg-e736d5fb301b

Best regards,
--
Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com