Re: [PATCH v4] staging: greybus: replace PTR_ERR() with %pe in error messages

[Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 01:20:39PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 01:52:38PM +0530, pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Use %pe to print error pointers directly and display their
> > error names.
> > 
> > Keep PTR_ERR() calls when the numeric error value is needed
> > for returning the error code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > v4:
> > - Return error codes directly instead of storing them in ret,
> >   as suggested by Julia Lawall.
> > - Remove the unused ret variable.
> 
> 
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> 
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This v4 patch did not apply because arche-apb-ctrl.c and arche-platform.c
were removed by commit 2f75b2eac999.

The fw-core.c changes from my earlier v1 patch present in staging/staging-next.

Only the change to uart.c remains.

Should i send a v5 containing only the remaining change in uart.c?

Also, should i keep Alex Elder's Reviewed-by tag in v5?

Thanks,
Pavan

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