From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E75493161A3; Sat, 30 May 2026 17:19:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780161587; cv=none; b=ZTGjXTXxA7jyCacTJO6DHJ4ecJire3yN1Lw1CWm8z4qtz2VT9bnXI77H8tnZ3M0VgHqemPtHg5ouQouMYCv+vO0qS3h/06Y/5cnnlbqOFltvl/HpQ8zokQ3Pd3AyzRf1kngvYGaj3YubfD+85zQnSDMWONIWrRCcYqLFfboLzkQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780161587; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iL8bKBPZPVZjQ4vp8vbysPEB3dHqiaHlXB+iOF5O8xk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=aczszEIkNV1oFh77wCbeYrEHNICot3GvossLAlcTYciFwEXaOUHWiPQ8PfvyRaTIQcrfZOgKDnvL0bmETe82mjYaL5Oqz2PvyfhUJWUc1j8cSZYied+YPkJUwqGHWgNTOaqUC+4x1Dwhukvc2Y/FEcnTpiK8a2NSmSSzkP4XngA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=GHWrEOjw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="GHWrEOjw" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38BCA1F00893; Sat, 30 May 2026 17:19:46 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1780161586; bh=u4fUWZXEM/5rfXeYxCZ+07q0P6LnrVcvVp2l4jg8ooo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=GHWrEOjwJk5lpTamRtfuzcf7tVDWQNUHPLzuL5RrLRqvRM6+6lc/MaC/FH4umlGIM /OPSix5s3Gm7zkHXv+6ETtZ9zcMSwA+YVhiethrOwEfk+SJ08BVEIBvVSAVVTTBitW D9oYN8yeSwF0zXL2RGYn1WS2bvAP2QFmwO2Fseu8= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Nuno Sa , Jonathan Cameron , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.1 637/969] dev_printk: add new dev_err_probe() helpers Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 18:02:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20260530160318.042808771@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260530160300.485627683@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260530160300.485627683@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Nuno Sa [ Upstream commit dbbe7eaf0e4795bf003ac06872aaf52b6b6b1310 ] This is similar to dev_err_probe() but for cases where an ERR_PTR() or ERR_CAST() is to be returned simplifying patterns like: dev_err_probe(dev, ret, ...); return ERR_PTR(ret) or dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ptr), ...); return ERR_CAST(ptr) Signed-off-by: Nuno Sa Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240606-dev-add_dev_errp_probe-v3-1-51bb229edd79@analog.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron Stable-dep-of: 797cc011ae02 ("backlight: sky81452-backlight: Check return value of devm_gpiod_get_optional() in sky81452_bl_parse_dt()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- include/linux/dev_printk.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/dev_printk.h b/include/linux/dev_printk.h index ae80a303c216b..ca32b5bb28eb5 100644 --- a/include/linux/dev_printk.h +++ b/include/linux/dev_printk.h @@ -277,4 +277,12 @@ do { \ __printf(3, 4) int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...); +/* Simple helper for dev_err_probe() when ERR_PTR() is to be returned. */ +#define dev_err_ptr_probe(dev, ___err, fmt, ...) \ + ERR_PTR(dev_err_probe(dev, ___err, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)) + +/* Simple helper for dev_err_probe() when ERR_CAST() is to be returned. */ +#define dev_err_cast_probe(dev, ___err_ptr, fmt, ...) \ + ERR_PTR(dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(___err_ptr), fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)) + #endif /* _DEVICE_PRINTK_H_ */ -- 2.53.0