[PATCH v2] of: overlay: log the error cause on resolver failure

From: Luca Ceresoli
Date: Tue Feb 25 2020 - 11:45:56 EST


For some of its error paths, of_resolve_phandles() only logs a very generic
error which does not help much in finding the origin of the problem:

OF: resolver: overlay phandle fixup failed: -22

Add error messages for all the error paths that don't have one. Now a
specific message is always emitted, thus also remove the generic catch-all
message emitted before returning.

For example, in case a DT overlay has a fixup node that is not present in
the base DT __symbols__, this error is now logged:

OF: resolver: node gpio9 not found in base DT, fixup failed

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

I don't know in detail the meaning of the adjust_local_phandle_references()
and update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference() error paths, thus I have put
pretty generic messages. Any suggestion on better wording would be welcome.

Changed in v2:

- add a message for each error path that does not have one yet
---
drivers/of/resolver.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
index 83c766233181..a80d673621bc 100644
--- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
+++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
@@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *overlay)
break;

err = adjust_local_phandle_references(local_fixups, overlay, phandle_delta);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("cannot adjust local phandle references\n");
goto out;
+ }

overlay_fixups = NULL;

@@ -321,11 +323,15 @@ int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *overlay)

err = of_property_read_string(tree_symbols,
prop->name, &refpath);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("node %s not found in base DT, fixup failed\n",
+ prop->name);
goto out;
+ }

refnode = of_find_node_by_path(refpath);
if (!refnode) {
+ pr_err("cannot find node for %s\n", refpath);
err = -ENOENT;
goto out;
}
@@ -334,13 +340,14 @@ int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *overlay)
of_node_put(refnode);

err = update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference(overlay, prop, phandle);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("cannot update usages of a phandle reference (%s)\n",
+ prop->name);
break;
+ }
}

out:
- if (err)
- pr_err("overlay phandle fixup failed: %d\n", err);
of_node_put(tree_symbols);

return err;
--
2.25.0