Re: [PATCH 8/9] watchdog: sama5d4: Remove redundant dev_err()

Alexandre Belloni <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:20:22 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-watchdog,org.infradead.lists.linux-arm-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 22/07/2026 16:42:16+0800, Pan Chuang wrote:
> Since commit
> 55b48e23f5c4 ("genirq/devres: Add error handling in devm_request_*_irq()"),
> devm_request_irq() automatically logs detailed error messages on
> failure. Remove the now-redundant driver-specific dev_err() call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Chuang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <[email protected]>

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
> index 704b786cc2ec..ecdd9aeab79c 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
> @@ -291,10 +291,8 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, sama5d4_wdt_irq_handler,
>  				       IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_IRQPOLL |
>  				       IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, pdev->name, pdev);
> -		if (ret) {
> -			dev_err(dev, "cannot register interrupt handler\n");
> +		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> -		}
>  	}
>  
>  	watchdog_init_timeout(wdd, wdt_timeout, dev);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

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