Hi Florian, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on driver-core/driver-core-testing] [also build test WARNING on v4.17-rc5 next-20180516] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Florian-Schmaus/return-EINVAL-error-instead-of-BUG_ON/20180517-145147 config: x86_64-randconfig-x002-201819 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-7 (Debian 7.3.0-16) 7.3.0 reproduce: # save the attached .config to linux build tree make ARCH=x86_64 All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): In file included from include/linux/printk.h:7:0, from include/linux/kernel.h:14, from include/linux/list.h:9, from include/linux/kobject.h:19, from include/linux/device.h:16, from drivers/base/driver.c:11: drivers/base/driver.c: In function 'driver_register': >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:18: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args] #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ ^ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:18: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ ^~~~~~~~ >> include/linux/printk.h:304:9: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) ^~~~~~~~ >> drivers/base/driver.c:153:4: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", ^~~~~~ >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:18: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args] #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ ^ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:18: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ ^~~~~~~~ >> include/linux/printk.h:304:9: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) ^~~~~~~~ drivers/base/driver.c:158:4: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", ^~~~~~ -- In file included from include/linux/printk.h:7:0, from include/linux/kernel.h:14, from include/linux/list.h:9, from include/linux/kobject.h:19, from include/linux/device.h:16, from drivers//base/driver.c:11: drivers//base/driver.c: In function 'driver_register': >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:18: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args] #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ ^ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:18: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ ^~~~~~~~ >> include/linux/printk.h:304:9: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) ^~~~~~~~ drivers//base/driver.c:153:4: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", ^~~~~~ >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:18: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args] #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ ^ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:18: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ ^~~~~~~~ >> include/linux/printk.h:304:9: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) ^~~~~~~~ drivers//base/driver.c:158:4: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", ^~~~~~ vim +/pr_err +153 drivers/base/driver.c 137 138 /** 139 * driver_register - register driver with bus 140 * @drv: driver to register 141 * 142 * We pass off most of the work to the bus_add_driver() call, 143 * since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus 144 * structures. 145 */ 146 int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv) 147 { 148 int ret; 149 struct device_driver *other; 150 151 if (!drv->bus->p) { 152 if (drv->bus->bus_register_error) { > 153 pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", 154 " (error: %d).\n", 155 drv->name, drv->bus->name, 156 drv->bus->bus_register_error); 157 } else { 158 pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s'", 159 " because it was not initialized.\n", 160 drv->name, drv->bus->name); 161 } 162 return -EINVAL; 163 } 164 165 if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) || 166 (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) || 167 (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown)) 168 printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use " 169 "bus_type methods\n", drv->name); 170 171 other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus); 172 if (other) { 173 printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, " 174 "aborting...\n", drv->name); 175 return -EBUSY; 176 } 177 178 ret = bus_add_driver(drv); 179 if (ret) 180 return ret; 181 ret = driver_add_groups(drv, drv->groups); 182 if (ret) { 183 bus_remove_driver(drv); 184 return ret; 185 } 186 kobject_uevent(&drv->p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); 187 188 return ret; 189 } 190 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_register); 191 --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation