Re: [PATCH v5] i2c: imx: support DMA defer probing

[Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>]

Hi Carlos,

On 20.12.24 11:46, Carlos Song wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2024 5:32 PM
>> To: Carlos Song <carlos.song@nxp.com>; Oleksij Rempel

>> I know -110, but -12 I need to look up :) Both are cryptic to end users, which is
>> why %pe was added on top of the existing %p:
>>
>> If CONFIG_SYMBOLIC_ERRNAME is enabled %pe expands to an error string, e.g.
>> "ENOMEM" or "ETIMEDOUT". If it's disabled, you get the same error number
>> that was printed raw before.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ahmad
>>
> 
> Wow! Looks so cool.
> Thank you very much for your patient explanation! I agree it.
> 
> Also I will change the comment from your suggestion[1]:
> 
> "
>   /*
>    * As we can always fall back to PIO, let's ignore the error setting up
>    * DMA and see if we run into errors while setting up PIO mode.
>    */
> "
> In fact, other errors are also from DMA setting not from setting PIO mode.
> So can I comment simply like this?
> 
>         /* As we can always fall back to PIO, let's ignore the error setting up DMA. */
>         ret = i2c_imx_dma_request(i2c_imx, phy_addr);
>         if (ret) {
>                 if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
>                         goto clk_notifier_unregister;
>                 else if (ret == -ENODEV)
>                         dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Only use PIO mode\n");
>                 else
>                         dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to setup DMA (%pe), only use PIO mode\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
>         }
> 
> [1]https://lore.kernel.org/imx/89a3b1c9-2be2-4e7f-a0c6-abbf8b88957b@pengutronix.de/

Sure, looks good to me. @Oleksij?

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> BR
> Carlos
>>>
>>> i2c_imx_dma_request is using PTR_ERR to convert pointer to error value[1].
>>> I don't know why need to use ERR_PTR to reconvert the value to pointer:
>>>
>>> dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to setup DMA (%pe), only use PIO mode\n",
>>> ERR_PTR(ret));
>>>
>>> Is there some strong reason?
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://lore/
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