[PATCH v5 2/2] drm/tiny: add driver for Apple Touch Bars in x86 Macs

[andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:36:03AM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:
> > On 25 Feb 2025, at 4:03 PM, andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:09:42AM +0000, Aditya Garg wrote:

...

> >> +static int appletbdrm_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> >> +                const struct usb_device_id *id)
> >> +{
> >> +    struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *bulk_in, *bulk_out;
> >> +    struct device *dev = &intf->dev;
> >> +    struct appletbdrm_device *adev;
> >> +    struct drm_device *drm;
> >> +    int ret;
> >> +
> >> +    ret = usb_find_common_endpoints(intf->cur_altsetting, &bulk_in, &bulk_out, NULL, NULL);
> >> +    if (ret) {
> >> +        drm_err(drm, "Failed to find bulk endpoints\n");
> > 
> > This is simply wrong (and in this case even lead to crash in some circumstances).
> > drm_err() may not be used here. That's my point in previous discussions.
> > Independently on the subsystem the ->probe() for the sake of consistency and
> > being informative should only rely on struct device *dev,
> 
> I'm not sure how drm_err works,

It's a macro.

> but struct drm_device does have a struct device *dev as well.

Yes, but only when it's initialized.

> Anyways, this is something I'll leave for Thomas to reply.

The code above is wrong independently on his reply :-)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko