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From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Cc: David Thompson <davthompson@nvidia.com>,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, asmaa@nvidia.com,
	u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] mlxbf_gige: emit messages during open and probe failures
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:17:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250616191750.GB5000@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ecadea91-7406-49ff-a931-00c425a9790a@intel.com>

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 04:06:49PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:57:10 +0100
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 05:42:28PM +0000, David Thompson wrote:
> >> The open() and probe() functions of the mlxbf_gige driver
> >> check for errors during initialization, but do not provide
> >> details regarding the errors. The mlxbf_gige driver should
> >> provide error details in the kernel log, noting what step
> >> of initialization failed.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: David Thompson <davthompson@nvidia.com>
> > 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > I do have some reservations about the value of printing
> > out raw err values. But I also see that the logging added
> > by this patch is consistent with existing code in this driver.
> > So in that context I agree this is appropriate.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> 
> I still think it's better to encourage people to use %pe for printing
> error codes. The already existing messages could be improved later,
> but then at least no new places would sneak in.

Thanks, I agree that is reasonable.
And as a bonus the patch-set could update existing messages.

David, could you consider making this so?

  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-16 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-13 17:42 David Thompson
2025-06-16 13:57 ` Simon Horman
2025-06-16 14:06   ` Alexander Lobakin
2025-06-16 19:17     ` Simon Horman [this message]
2025-07-01  0:44       ` David Thompson
2025-07-01 12:51         ` Simon Horman

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