Re: [PATCH v7 09/12] gpio: mxc: add dev_err_probe() for error paths to help diagnostics

[Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 08:09:36PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
>
> Use dev_err_probe() on probe error paths that do not already report the
> failure, so that deferred probe reasons are recorded consistently.  Leave
> the devm_platform_ioremap_resource() and platform_get_irq() paths alone;
> those already log their errors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>

>  drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
> index eeb7d36e6b44..f816822e36ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mxc.c
> @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>  	irq_count = platform_irq_count(pdev);
>  	if (irq_count < 0)
> -		return irq_count;
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, irq_count, "Failed to count irq\n");
>
>  	if (irq_count > 1) {
>  		port->irq_high = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
> @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	/* the controller clock is optional */
>  	port->clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(port->clk))
> -		return PTR_ERR(port->clk);
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(port->clk), "Failed to get clk\n");
>
>  	pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev);
>
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>  	err = gpio_generic_chip_init(&port->gen_gc, &config);
>  	if (err)
> -		return err;
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to init gpio chip\n");
>
>  	port->gen_gc.gc.request = mxc_gpio_request;
>  	port->gen_gc.gc.free = mxc_gpio_free;
> @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>  	irq_base = devm_irq_alloc_descs(dev, -1, 0, 32, numa_node_id());
>  	if (irq_base < 0)
> -		return irq_base;
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, irq_base, "Failed to alloc irq desc\n");
>
>  	d_info = (struct irq_domain_info) {
>  		.fwnode		= dev_fwnode(dev),
> @@ -561,14 +561,15 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>  	port->domain = devm_irq_domain_instantiate(dev, &d_info);
>  	if (IS_ERR(port->domain))
> -		return PTR_ERR(port->domain);
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(port->domain),
> +				     "Failed to create irq domain\n");
>
>  	irq_domain_set_pm_device(port->domain, dev);
>
>  	/* gpio-mxc can be a generic irq chip */
>  	err = mxc_gpio_init_gc(port, irq_base);
>  	if (err < 0)
> -		return err;
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to init generic irq chip\n");
>
>  	/*
>  	 * Register the GPIO chip last: devm_gpiochip_add_data() makes the
> @@ -577,7 +578,7 @@ static int mxc_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	 */
>  	err = devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &port->gen_gc.gc, port);
>  	if (err)
> -		return err;
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, err, "Failed to add gpiochip data\n");
>
>  	list_add_tail(&port->node, &mxc_gpio_ports);
>
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
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