Re: [PATCH] reset: imx7: Check return value of regmap_attach_dev() in imx7_reset_probe()

[Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>]

On Do, 2026-02-05 at 11:42 +0800, Chen Ni wrote:
> Add error checking for regmap_attach_dev() call in imx7_reset_probe()
> function to ensure proper error propagation.
> 
> Return the value of regmap_attach_dev() if it fails to prevent
> proceeding with an incomplete regmap setup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/reset/reset-imx7.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-imx7.c b/drivers/reset/reset-imx7.c
> index dd01fe11c5cb..59d0435302bb 100644
> --- a/drivers/reset/reset-imx7.c
> +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-imx7.c
> @@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static int imx7_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>  	struct regmap_config config = { .name = "src" };
>  	const struct imx7_src_variant *variant = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	imx7src = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*imx7src), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!imx7src)
> @@ -375,7 +376,9 @@ static int imx7_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		dev_err(dev, "Unable to get imx7-src regmap");
>  		return PTR_ERR(imx7src->regmap);
>  	}
> -	regmap_attach_dev(dev, imx7src->regmap, &config);
> +	ret = regmap_attach_dev(dev, imx7src->regmap, &config);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "regmap attach failed\n");

regmap_attach_dev() only returns -ENOMEM errors. The dev_err_probe() is
unnecessary here, as it does not print anything [1].

[1] 2f3cfd2f4b7c ("driver core: Make dev_err_probe() silent for -ENOMEM")

regards
Philipp