Re: [PATCH v1] net: alacritech: Switch to use dev_err_probe()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 28/08/2024 14:26, Yang Ruibin wrote:
> use dev_err_probe() instead of dev_err() to simplify the error path and
> standardize the format of the error code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Ruibin <11162571@vivo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c | 34 ++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
> index 78231c852..65919ace0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.c
> @@ -1051,11 +1051,9 @@ static int slic_load_rcvseq_firmware(struct slic_device *sdev)
>  	file = (sdev->model == SLIC_MODEL_OASIS) ?  SLIC_RCV_FIRMWARE_OASIS :
>  						    SLIC_RCV_FIRMWARE_MOJAVE;
>  	err = request_firmware(&fw, file, &sdev->pdev->dev);
> -	if (err) {
> -		dev_err(&sdev->pdev->dev,
> +	if (err)
> +		return dev_err_probe(&sdev->pdev->dev, err,
>  			"failed to load receive sequencer firmware %s\n", file);

NAK.

Vivo does not understand how deferred probe works or introduces
intentionally buggy code.

This must be reverted.

Best regards,
Krzysztof