Re: [PATCH 1/2] ata: delete redundant printing of return value

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Sat Mar 13 2021 - 05:38:55 EST


Hello again. :-)

Now, 2 patches to the different files shouldn't have and identical subject! And the patch
subject should reflect the exact patch locus, e.g. "sata_highbank: delete redundant printing
of return value".

On 3/13/21 10:47 AM, Wang Qing wrote:

> platform_get_irq() has already checked and printed the return value,
> the printing here is nothing special, it is not necessary at all.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
> index 64b2ef1..a43d42a
> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
> @@ -469,10 +469,8 @@ static int ahci_highbank_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> }
>
> irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> - if (irq <= 0) {
> - dev_err(dev, "no irq\n");
> + if (irq <= 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> - }

Again, this code has more serious issue: it breaks deferred probing by
overriding the result to -EINVAL...

MBR, Sergei