From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laxman Dewangan Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] gpio: gpiolib: Print error number if gpio hog failed Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:28:10 +0530 Message-ID: <56E11B02.6080501@nvidia.com> References: <1457438528-29054-1-git-send-email-ldewangan@nvidia.com> <1457438528-29054-3-git-send-email-ldewangan@nvidia.com> <20160308142217.GB9864@ulmo.nvidia.com> <56DEF0AB.7090807@nvidia.com> <56E0584B.9050607@wwwdotorg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56E0584B.9050607-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Stephen Warren , Thierry Reding Cc: linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-gpio-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 09 March 2016 10:37 PM, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 03/08/2016 08:32 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 08 March 2016 07:52 PM, Thierry Reding wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 05:32:05PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote: >>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan >>>> --- >>>> drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 9 +++++---- >>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c >>>> index bc788b9..7575ebb 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c >>>> @@ -2621,15 +2621,16 @@ int gpiod_hog(struct gpio_desc *desc, const >>>> char *name, >>>> local_desc = gpiochip_request_own_desc(chip, hwnum, name); >>>> if (IS_ERR(local_desc)) { >>>> - pr_err("requesting hog GPIO %s (chip %s, offset %d) >>>> failed\n", >>>> - name, chip->label, hwnum); >>>> + status = PTR_ERR(local_desc); >>>> + pr_err("requesting hog GPIO %s, chip %s, offset %d failed >>>> %d\n", >>>> + name, chip->label, hwnum, status); >>> I find this type of format hard to read. I prefer a semi-colon to >>> separate the message from the failure reason (i.e. error code). >>> >>> Besides that I don't understand why you're dropping the parentheses >>> around the "chip %s, offset %d", I found that easier on the eye. >> >> I did to accommodate the 3 extra character ( %d) for string format on >> that line as it was already near to 80 column. >> Just did not want to split in multiple lines. > > Note that strings shouldn't be split across lines since it makes it > harder to grep for them. This is one case where the 80-column limit > isn't strict, within reason. OK, so not change the existing string, just add new format. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html