Re: [PATCH 04/10] clk: gpio: Simplify with dev_err_probe()

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] clk: gpio: Simplify with dev_err_probe()
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:29:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200911152943.GA17780@kozik-lap> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159977526650.2295844.8933765686946237404@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 03:01:06PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Krzysztof Kozlowski (2020-09-02 08:03:42)
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
> > index 38755a241ab7..a3cc53edcb11 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c
> > @@ -211,17 +210,10 @@ static int gpio_clk_driver_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  
> >         gpio_name = is_mux ? "select" : "enable";
> >         gpiod = devm_gpiod_get(dev, gpio_name, GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> > -       if (IS_ERR(gpiod)) {
> > -               ret = PTR_ERR(gpiod);
> > -               if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > -                       pr_debug("%pOFn: %s: GPIOs not yet available, retry later\n",
> > -                                       node, __func__);
> > -               else
> > -                       pr_err("%pOFn: %s: Can't get '%s' named GPIO property\n",
> > -                                       node, __func__,
> > -                                       gpio_name);
> > -               return ret;
> > -       }
> > +       if (IS_ERR(gpiod))
> > +               return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(gpiod),
> 
> This is cool! I wonder if we could make it even more simplified with
> 
> 	ret = dev_err_probe_ptr(dev, ptr, ...)
> 	if (ret)
> 		return ret;
> 
> then we don't have to do the PTR_ERR() or IS_ERR() dance in all the
> drivers. It could already be changed here to look at the return value of
> dev_err_probe() so please do that at the least.

I think this could be achieved with Rob's work here:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git dev_err-removal

It would make this patchset obsolete. Up to you then if you plan to wait
for Rob's work.

> It would also even be more super duper cool if we had a way to save some
> sort of cookie when the provider can't find it and is returning the
> -EPROBE_DEFER value. Maybe the provider could use
> device_set_deferred_probe_reason() on error and then if dev_err_probe()
> is called without any string it can print what is in the device's
> deferred probe reason? Or append to it whatever string is passed from
> the device driver? Sometimes the provider has more info like the DT
> property is malformed or the provider isn't probed yet which would
> probably help understand the deferred problem more.

Yes, good point. If all (or most) messages are moved to the providers,
it would be easier to print also the defer reasons.

Best regards,
Krzysztof