Re: [PATCH v2] iio: light: tsl2591: return actual error from probe IRQ failure

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 03:29:05 EST


On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 10:25:09AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 06:23:45PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 May 2026 16:43:09 +0100
> > Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 18 May 2026 16:40:48 +0100
> > > Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > > https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260518094311.2000-1-sozdayvek%40gmail.com
> > >
> > > Does completely removing dev_err_probe() here drop the deferred probe reason
> > > tracking?
> > > While this patch successfully fixes the return code, dev_err_probe() also
> > > records the deferral reason in debugfs via device_set_deferred_probe_reason()
> > > when ret is -EPROBE_DEFER.
> > > Could we keep the diagnostic tracking by returning the result of
> > > dev_err_probe() directly instead?
> > > if (ret)
> > > return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret, "IRQ request error\n");
> > >
> > > Andy, what do you think?
> > Andy?
> >
> > This is a change you might have asked for, but sashiko is correctly noting
> > that we might loose a deferred reason even if the print is otherwise useless.
>
> Incorrectly. IRQ core prints an error via dev_err_probe(). Did I miss something?

I'm referring to implementation of devm_request_result() in kernel/irq/devres.c.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko