diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index 6736c1de3ba43..14d46af40f9a1 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -4944,13 +4944,14 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO); * * return dev_err_probe(dev, err, ...); * - * Note that it is deemed acceptable to use this function for error - * prints during probe even if the @err is known to never be -EPROBE_DEFER. + * Using this helper in your probe function is totally fine even if @err is + * known to never be -EPROBE_DEFER. * The benefit compared to a normal dev_err() is the standardized format - * of the error code and the fact that the error code is returned. + * of the error code, it being emitted symbolically (i.e. you get "EAGAIN" + * instead of "-35") and the fact that the error code is returned which allows + * more compact error paths. * * Returns @err. - * */ int dev_err_probe(const struct device *dev, int err, const char *fmt, ...) {