Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] i2c: add I2C Address Translator (ATR) support

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Nov 04 2022 - 13:27:55 EST


On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 05:26:24PM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 04/11/2022 14:38, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 01:59:06PM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> > > On 01/11/2022 16:30, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 03:20:26PM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:

...

> > > > > + WARN(sysfs_create_link(&chan->adap.dev.kobj, &dev->kobj, "atr_device"),
> > > > > + "can't create symlink to atr device\n");
> > > > > + WARN(sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &chan->adap.dev.kobj, symlink_name),
> > > > > + "can't create symlink for channel %u\n", chan_id);
> > > >
> > > > Why WARNs? sysfs has already some in their implementation.
> > >
> > > True, and I can drop these if required. But afaics, sysfs_create_link only
> > > warns if there's a duplicate entry, not for other errors.
> >
> > The problem with WARN that it can be easily converted to real Oops. Do you
> > consider other errors are so fatal that machine would need a reboot?
>
> Yes, WARNs are bad, especially as the error here is not critical. I'll
> change these to dev_warn(). (also, I didn't know WARN could be made to
> oops).

panic_on_warn

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko