Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] nvme-pci: Add debug message on fail to read CSTS

From: John Garry

Date: Thu Oct 23 2025 - 07:07:53 EST


On 22/10/2025 11:33, Gerd Bayer wrote:
Add a debug log spelling out that reading the CSTS register failed - to
distinguish this from other reasons for ENODEV.

Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 8c624960c9f67e0cc8409023de5e532d6ed9b3ac..ce563e93d29443a25e9236d0b6d8152ee85796d7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -2906,6 +2906,7 @@ static int nvme_pci_enable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
pci_set_master(pdev);
if (readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS) == -1) {
+ dev_dbg(dev->ctrl.device, "reading CSTS register failed");

we should add "\n" as a good practice, no?

result = -ENODEV;
goto disable;
}