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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mailbox: cix: fix DT property name string typo and use dev_err_probe()

From: Guomin chen <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-13 06:56:50
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 03:36:23PM +0530, kr494167@gmail.com wrote:
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From: Surendra Singh Chouhan <redacted>

cix_mbox_probe() logged property error messages referencing
"cix,mbox_dir" (with an underscore) instead of the actual DT property
string "cix,mbox-dir".

Fix the DT property string in error log messages and convert probe error
paths to dev_err_probe().

Signed-off-by: Surendra Singh Chouhan <redacted>
---
 drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
index 615218c69eeb..fb5d7641ba90 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/cix-mailbox.c
@@ -585,19 +585,15 @@ static int cix_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
        if (priv->irq < 0)
                return priv->irq;

-       if (device_property_read_string(dev, "cix,mbox-dir", &dir_str)) {
-               dev_err(priv->dev, "cix,mbox_dir property not found\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+       if (device_property_read_string(dev, "cix,mbox-dir", &dir_str))
+               return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "cix,mbox-dir property not found\n");

        if (!strcmp(dir_str, "tx"))
                priv->dir = 0;
        else if (!strcmp(dir_str, "rx"))
                priv->dir = 1;
-       else {
-               dev_err(priv->dev, "cix,mbox_dir=%s is not expected\n", dir_str);
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+       else
+               return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "cix,mbox-dir=%s is not expected\n", dir_str);

        cix_mbox_init(priv);
@@ -611,9 +607,9 @@ static int cix_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
        ret = devm_mbox_controller_register(dev, &priv->mbox);
        if (ret)
-               dev_err(dev, "Failed to register mailbox %d\n", ret);
+               return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to register mailbox\n");

-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
Reviewed-by: Guomin Chen <redacted>

Best regards,
Guomin Chen
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