There are series of comparisons of the 'ret' variable on the failure path of really_probe(), so the *switch* statement seems more appropriate there.
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtyl...@cogentembedded.com> --- The patch is against the 'driver-core-next' branch of Greg KH's 'driver-core.git' repo. drivers/base/dd.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: driver-core/drivers/base/dd.c =================================================================== --- driver-core.orig/drivers/base/dd.c +++ driver-core/drivers/base/dd.c @@ -320,21 +320,25 @@ probe_failed: dev->driver = NULL; dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL); - if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) { + switch (ret) { + case -EPROBE_DEFER: /* Driver requested deferred probing */ dev_info(dev, "Driver %s requests probe deferral\n", drv->name); driver_deferred_probe_add(dev); /* Did a trigger occur while probing? Need to re-trigger if yes */ if (local_trigger_count != atomic_read(&deferred_trigger_count)) driver_deferred_probe_trigger(); - } else if (ret != -ENODEV && ret != -ENXIO) { + break; + case -ENODEV: + case -ENXIO: + pr_debug("%s: probe of %s rejects match %d\n", + drv->name, dev_name(dev), ret); + break; + default: /* driver matched but the probe failed */ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: probe of %s failed with error %d\n", drv->name, dev_name(dev), ret); - } else { - pr_debug("%s: probe of %s rejects match %d\n", - drv->name, dev_name(dev), ret); } /* * Ignore errors returned by ->probe so that the next driver can try -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/