Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] iio: light: ltr501: Power down chip if request irq fails

[Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:27:26 +0200
Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com> wrote:

> In case request irq failed, we were leaving the chip powered instead of

devm_request_threaded_irq(), please mention functions and structs by their
full name to prevent ambiguity.

> powering it down again.

+ a very short explanation of what you did, 1 sentence

> Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c b/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
> index 379e57ac5f5b..9d4de798e5ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
> @@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static int ltr501_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  		if (ret) {
>  			dev_err(&client->dev, "request irq (%d) failed\n",
>  				client->irq);

While you're at it, you can remove the dev_err() call as devm_request_threaded_irq
already calls dev_err_probe on failure, creating duplicate messages.

> -			return ret;
> +			goto powerdown_on_error;
>  		}
>  	} else {
>  		indio_dev->info = data->chip_info->info_no_irq;
> 

-- 
Kind regards

CJD