Re: [PATCH v2] cxl: Use %pe to print error pointers

Alison Schofield <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 08:49:04 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-cxl,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Aug 02, 2026 at 04:50:29PM +0530, Shaikh Kamaluddin wrote:
> Use the %pe printk format specifier to report error pointers directly
> instead of printing PTR_ERR() as a long value.  A failed dport addition
> then reports -EBUSY rather than -16, which is easier to follow when
> tracing port and region setup with dynamic debug enabled.
> 
> Convert the five affected sites in drivers/cxl/core/port.c and
> drivers/cxl/core/region.c.  PTR_ERR() uses in return statements are
> unaffected and left unchanged.
> 
> drivers/cxl was scanned in full; these are the only conversion
> candidates.
> 
> Found by: make coccicheck MODE=report M=drivers/cxl/
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaikh Kamaluddin <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <[email protected]>