[PATCH v2 8/8] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Report all initialization failures in probe
From: Paul Louvel
Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 14:47:12 EST
The driver currently logs an error only if the chip initialization
fails. Extend the error reporting to all failure paths in probe to
improve diagnostics.
Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <paul.louvel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
index 2957364485eb..7b50865ae824 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
if (!res)
- return -ENXIO;
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENXIO,
+ "failed to get I/O resource\n");
data->info.options = WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE;
snprintf(data->info.identity, sizeof(data->info.identity),
@@ -540,12 +541,12 @@ static int wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to set watchdog timeout\n");
}
ret = devm_watchdog_register_device(&pdev->dev, wdd);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "failed to register watchdog\n");
dev_info(dev, "initialized. timeout=%d sec (nowayout=%d)\n",
wdd->timeout, nowayout);
--
2.55.0