Re: [PATCH v1] driver core: fw_devlink: Avoid spurious error message

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 7:41 AM Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> fw_devlink can sometimes try to create a device link with the consumer
> and supplier as the same device. These attempts will fail (correctly),
> but are harmless. So, avoid printing an error for these cases. Also, add
> more detail to the error message.
>
> Fixes: 3fb16866b51d ("driver core: fw_devlink: Make cycle detection more robust")
> Reported-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index f9297c68214a..4f02a10f802f 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -2088,9 +2088,9 @@ static int fw_devlink_create_devlink(struct device *con,
>                         goto out;
>                 }
>
> -               if (!device_link_add(con, sup_dev, flags)) {
> -                       dev_err(con, "Failed to create device link with %s\n",
> -                               dev_name(sup_dev));
> +               if (con != sup_dev && !device_link_add(con, sup_dev, flags)) {
> +                       dev_err(con, "Failed to create device link (0x%x) with %s\n",
> +                               flags, dev_name(sup_dev));
>                         ret = -EINVAL;
>                 }
>
> --
> 2.39.2.637.g21b0678d19-goog
>