[PATCH] driver core: Let dev_err_probe() use the symbolic error code

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Tue Aug 11 2020 - 03:21:00 EST


This makes the error message:

error -EIO: ...

instead of

error -5: ...

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ac1046a382bc..33734d8831c7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4237,10 +4237,10 @@ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...)
vaf.va = &args;

if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
- dev_err(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
+ dev_err(dev, "error %pE: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
} else {
device_set_deferred_probe_reason(dev, &vaf);
- dev_dbg(dev, "error %d: %pV", err, &vaf);
+ dev_dbg(dev, "error %pE: %pV", ERR_PTR(err), &vaf);
}

va_end(args);
--
2.27.0