Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] serdev: Remove repeated device name in dev_(err|dbg) messages

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Apr 24 2025 - 14:34:28 EST


On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM Zijun Hu <zijun_hu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> There are serval dev_err() and dev_dbg() usages shown below:
>
> dev_dbg(dev, "...%s...", dev_name(dev))
>
> The device name is repeated since dev_dbg() also prints device
> name as prefix.
>
> Fix by optimizing the messages printed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> index 971651b8e18dcbb5b7983cdfa19e7d60d4cd292b..f00106de76a0f1e547310c7d21cc2fe3d5869e28 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
> @@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ int serdev_device_add(struct serdev_device *serdev)
>
> err = device_add(&serdev->dev);
> if (err < 0) {
> - dev_err(&serdev->dev, "Can't add %s, status %pe\n",
> - dev_name(&serdev->dev), ERR_PTR(err));
> + dev_err(&serdev->dev, "Can't add serdev, status %pe\n",
> + ERR_PTR(err));
> goto err_clear_serdev;
> }
>
> - dev_dbg(&serdev->dev, "device %s registered\n", dev_name(&serdev->dev));
> + dev_dbg(&serdev->dev, "serdev registered successfully\n");
>
> return 0;
>
> @@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ int serdev_controller_add(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
> goto err_rpm_disable;
> }
>
> - dev_dbg(&ctrl->dev, "%s registered: dev:%p\n",
> - dev_name(&ctrl->dev), &ctrl->dev);

I don't understand why you add dev_name() and then turn around and
remove it in the next patch. Just squash the patches.

> + dev_dbg(&ctrl->dev, "serdev controller registered: dev:%p\n",
> + &ctrl->dev);
> return 0;
>
> err_rpm_disable:
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>