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From: Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
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	Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu>,
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Subject: [PATCH] jffs2: print symbolic error name instead of error code
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:39:04 +0100
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Utilize the %pe print specifier to get the symbolic error name as a
string (i.e "-ENOMEM") in the log message instead of the error code to
increase its readablility.

This change was suggested in
https://lore.kernel.org/all/92972476-0b1f-4d0a-9951-af3fc8bc6e65@suswa.mou=
ntain/

Signed-off-by: Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu>
=2D--
 fs/jffs2/background.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c
index 6da92ecaf66d..bb0ee1a59e71 100644
=2D-- a/fs/jffs2/background.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_i=
nfo *c)

 	tsk =3D kthread_run(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, "jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", =
c->mtd->index);
 	if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
-		pr_warn("fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %ld\n",
-			-PTR_ERR(tsk));
+		pr_warn("fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %pe\n",
+			tsk);
 		complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
 		ret =3D PTR_ERR(tsk);
 	} else {
=2D-
2.43.1