From: Mahad Ibrahim <mahad.ibrahim.dev@gmail.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mahad Ibrahim <mahad.ibrahim.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: Use %pe format specifier for error pointers
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:45:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260412144552.18493-1-mahad.ibrahim.dev@gmail.com> (raw)
The %pe format specifier resolves error pointers to their symbolic
representation. Previously %ld with PTR_ERR() was being used, %pe is a
better alternative.
Fixes the following coccinelle warnings reported by coccicheck:
WARNING: Consider using %pe to print PTR_ERR()
Testing: I do not own the hardware, therefore I could not perform
hardware testing. Compile tested only.
Signed-off-by: Mahad Ibrahim <mahad.ibrahim.dev@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 3 +--
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
index 6736b09b2f45..15524b80035a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ static void register_onboard_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par)
&bl_props);
if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
dev_err(par->info->device,
- "cannot register backlight device (%ld)\n",
- PTR_ERR(bd));
+ "cannot register backlight device (%pe)\n", bd);
return;
}
par->info->bl_dev = bd;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
index f427c0914907..823315dfbf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ void fbtft_register_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par)
&fbtft_bl_ops, &bl_props);
if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
dev_err(par->info->device,
- "cannot register backlight device (%ld)\n",
- PTR_ERR(bd));
+ "cannot register backlight device (%pe)\n", bd);
return;
}
par->info->bl_dev = bd;
--
2.39.5
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-12 15:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-12 14:45 Mahad Ibrahim [this message]
2026-04-13 7:03 ` [PATCH] staging: fbtft: Use %pe format specifier for error pointers Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-13 7:49 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-13 7:53 ` Andy Shevchenko
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