[PATCH v2 1/1] drm/bridge: Silence error messages upon probe deferral

[Alexander Stein]

Hi everyone,

Am Dienstag, 22. August 2023, 13:52:00 CET schrieb Alexander Stein:
> When -EPROBE_DEFER is returned do not raise an error, but silently return
> this error instead. Fixes error like this:
> [drm:drm_bridge_attach] *ERROR* failed to attach bridge /soc at 0/bus at 30800000/mipi-dsi at 30a00000 to encoder None-34: -517
> [drm:drm_bridge_attach] *ERROR* failed to attach bridge /soc at 0/bus at 30800000/mipi-dsi at 30a00000 to encoder None-34: -517
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein at ew.tq-group.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> * Adjust the indentation
> 
> Considering Laurent's input IMHO -517 should not occur when using component
> framework, e.g. drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c. This should warrant to only
> print an error if it is not deferred probe.
> dev_err_probe() sounds reasonable, but this is something which should be done
> in drivers. It is also arguable if this message is "hidden" within a debug
> statement.

Any additional feedback on this? I'd like to get rid of an error message which just prints
a regular probe deferral.

Best regards,
Alexander

>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> index 39e68e45bb124..132180a03c0eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> @@ -352,13 +352,15 @@ int drm_bridge_attach(struct drm_encoder *encoder, struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>  	bridge->encoder = NULL;
>  	list_del(&bridge->chain_node);
>  
> +	if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_OF
> -	DRM_ERROR("failed to attach bridge %pOF to encoder %s: %d\n",
> -		  bridge->of_node, encoder->name, ret);
> +		DRM_ERROR("failed to attach bridge %pOF to encoder %s: %d\n",
> +			bridge->of_node, encoder->name, ret);
>  #else
> -	DRM_ERROR("failed to attach bridge to encoder %s: %d\n",
> -		  encoder->name, ret);
> +		DRM_ERROR("failed to attach bridge to encoder %s: %d\n",
> +			encoder->name, ret);
>  #endif
> +	}
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 


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