Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] driver core: Ignore 0 in dev_err_probe()

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

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On Wed, 21 Aug 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> In the similar way, ignore 0 error code (AKA "success") in
> dev_err_probe(). This helps to simplify a code such as
> 
>   if (ret < 0)
>     return dev_err_probe(int3472->dev, ret, err_msg);
> 
>   return ret;
> 
> to
> 
>   return dev_err_probe(int3472->dev, ret, err_msg);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 6d3897492285..144cb8c201fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -5046,6 +5046,10 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
>  		 */
>  		break;
>  
> +	case 0:
> +		/* Success, no need to issue an error message */
> +		break;
> +
>  	default:
>  		dev_err(dev, "error %pe: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
>  		break;
> 

This seems generally useful,

Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>

A nit, the code sequence that dev_err_probe() is documented to replace is 
no longer matches with the behavior (the else would need if (err < 0) 
added). 

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