[PATCH] hwrng: cn10k - Remove the use of dev_err_probe()

[PATCH] hwrng: cn10k - Remove the use of dev_err_probe()

[Liao Yuanhong]

Logging messages that show some type of "out of memory" error are generally
unnecessary as there is a generic message and a stack dump done by the
memory subsystem. These messages generally increase kernel size without
much added value[1].

The dev_err_probe() doesn't do anything when error is '-ENOMEM'. Therefore,
remove the useless call to dev_err_probe(), and just return the value
instead.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1402419340.30479.18.camel@joe-AO725/

Signed-off-by: Liao Yuanhong <liaoyuanhong@vivo.com>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c
index 31935316a160..3b4e78182e14 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int cn10k_rng_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	rng->reg_base = pcim_iomap(pdev, 0, 0);
 	if (!rng->reg_base)
-		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENOMEM, "Error while mapping CSRs, exiting\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rng->ops.name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 				       "cn10k-rng-%s", dev_name(&pdev->dev));
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] hwrng: cn10k - Remove the use of dev_err_probe()

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 08:39:23PM +0800, Liao Yuanhong wrote:
> Logging messages that show some type of "out of memory" error are generally
> unnecessary as there is a generic message and a stack dump done by the
> memory subsystem. These messages generally increase kernel size without
> much added value[1].
> 
> The dev_err_probe() doesn't do anything when error is '-ENOMEM'. Therefore,
> remove the useless call to dev_err_probe(), and just return the value
> instead.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1402419340.30479.18.camel@joe-AO725/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liao Yuanhong <liaoyuanhong@vivo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/hw_random/cn10k-rng.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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