Add tracepoints to i2c-core-base.c file to help trace
and debug I2C device probe failures.

The new trace points are:
- i2c_device_probe_debug: records non-failure routines
  e.g. IRQ 0.
- i2c_device_probe_complete: records failed & successful
  probbes with appropriate trace message.

To support operation of these tracepoints an enum
was added that stores log message for debug and failure.

Signed-off-by: Mohammad Gomaa <[email protected]>
---
Hello,

This patch adds tracepoints to i2c-core-base to aid with debugging I2C probing 
failrues.

The motivation for this comes from my work in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025:
"ChromeOS Platform Input Device Quality Monitoring"
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/projects/uCdIgK7K

This is my first submission to the Linux kernel, so any feedback is welcome.
---
Changes in v2:
- Refactored i2c_device_probe_failed to i2c_device_probe_complete
  to support both successful and failed probes.
- Fixed formatting for TRACE_EVENT().
- Used enum instead of string variable for "reason".
- Link to v1: 
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250806-refactor-add-i2c-tracepoints-v1-1-d1d39bd6f...@gmail.com
---
 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 include/trace/events/i2c.h  | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 
ecca8c006b020379fb53293b20ab09ba25314609..7ca22759d26e85ee51bea60f414ed014e9bcec40
 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
        struct i2c_driver       *driver;
        bool do_power_on;
        int status;
+       int err_reason;
+       bool has_id_table, has_acpi_match, has_of_match;
 
        if (!client)
                return 0;
@@ -509,38 +511,54 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
                        /* Keep adapter active when Host Notify is required */
                        pm_runtime_get_sync(&client->adapter->dev);
                        irq = i2c_smbus_host_notify_to_irq(client);
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_HOST_NOTIFY;
                } else if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
                        irq = fwnode_irq_get_byname(fwnode, "irq");
                        if (irq == -EINVAL || irq == -ENODATA)
                                irq = fwnode_irq_get(fwnode, 0);
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_FROM_OF;
                } else if (is_acpi_device_node(fwnode)) {
                        bool wake_capable;
 
                        irq = i2c_acpi_get_irq(client, &wake_capable);
                        if (irq > 0 && wake_capable)
                                client->flags |= I2C_CLIENT_WAKE;
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_FROM_ACPI;
                }
                if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
                        status = dev_err_probe(dev, irq, "can't get irq\n");
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_EPROBE_DEFER_IRQ;
                        goto put_sync_adapter;
                }
 
-               if (irq < 0)
+               if (irq < 0) {
+                       trace_i2c_device_probe_debug(dev, err_reason);
                        irq = 0;
+               }
 
                client->irq = irq;
        }
 
        driver = to_i2c_driver(dev->driver);
 
+       has_id_table = driver->id_table;
+       has_acpi_match = acpi_driver_match_device(dev, dev->driver);
+       has_of_match = i2c_of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, client);
+
+       if (!has_id_table)
+               trace_i2c_device_probe_debug(dev, 
I2C_TRACE_REASON_NO_I2C_ID_TABLE);
+       if (!has_acpi_match)
+               trace_i2c_device_probe_debug(dev, 
I2C_TRACE_REASON_ACPI_ID_MISMATCH);
+       if (!has_of_match)
+               trace_i2c_device_probe_debug(dev, 
I2C_TRACE_REASON_OF_ID_MISMATCH);
+
        /*
         * An I2C ID table is not mandatory, if and only if, a suitable OF
         * or ACPI ID table is supplied for the probing device.
         */
-       if (!driver->id_table &&
-           !acpi_driver_match_device(dev, dev->driver) &&
-           !i2c_of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, client)) {
+       if (!has_id_table && !has_acpi_match && !has_of_match) {
                status = -ENODEV;
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_NO_ID_MATCH;
                goto put_sync_adapter;
        }
 
@@ -550,47 +568,60 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
                wakeirq = fwnode_irq_get_byname(fwnode, "wakeup");
                if (wakeirq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
                        status = dev_err_probe(dev, wakeirq, "can't get 
wakeirq\n");
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_EPROBE_DEFER_WAKEIRQ;
                        goto put_sync_adapter;
                }
 
                device_init_wakeup(&client->dev, true);
 
-               if (wakeirq > 0 && wakeirq != client->irq)
+               if (wakeirq > 0 && wakeirq != client->irq) {
                        status = dev_pm_set_dedicated_wake_irq(dev, wakeirq);
-               else if (client->irq > 0)
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_SET_DED_WAKE_FAILED;
+               } else if (client->irq > 0) {
                        status = dev_pm_set_wake_irq(dev, client->irq);
-               else
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_SET_WAKE_FAILED;
+               } else {
                        status = 0;
+                       err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_NO_IRQ;
+               }
 
-               if (status)
+               if (status) {
                        dev_warn(&client->dev, "failed to set up wakeup irq\n");
+                       trace_i2c_device_probe_debug(&client->dev, err_reason);
+               }
        }
 
        dev_dbg(dev, "probe\n");
 
        status = of_clk_set_defaults(to_of_node(fwnode), false);
-       if (status < 0)
+       if (status < 0) {
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_SET_DEF_CLOCKS;
                goto err_clear_wakeup_irq;
-
+       }
        do_power_on = !i2c_acpi_waive_d0_probe(dev);
        status = dev_pm_domain_attach(&client->dev, do_power_on ? 
PD_FLAG_ATTACH_POWER_ON : 0);
-       if (status)
+       if (status) {
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_ATTACH_PM_DOMAIN;
                goto err_clear_wakeup_irq;
-
+       }
        client->devres_group_id = devres_open_group(&client->dev, NULL,
                                                    GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!client->devres_group_id) {
                status = -ENOMEM;
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_OPEN_DEVRES_GROUP;
                goto err_detach_pm_domain;
        }
 
        client->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&client->dev),
                                             client->adapter->debugfs);
 
-       if (driver->probe)
+       if (driver->probe) {
                status = driver->probe(client);
-       else
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_PROBE_FAILED;
+       } else {
                status = -EINVAL;
+               err_reason = I2C_TRACE_REASON_NO_PROBE;
+       }
 
        /*
         * Note that we are not closing the devres group opened above so
@@ -603,6 +634,8 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
        if (status)
                goto err_release_driver_resources;
 
+       trace_i2c_device_probe_complete(&client->dev, status, err_reason);
+
        return 0;
 
 err_release_driver_resources:
@@ -617,6 +650,8 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
        if (client->flags & I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY)
                pm_runtime_put_sync(&client->adapter->dev);
 
+       trace_i2c_device_probe_complete(&client->dev, status, err_reason);
+
        return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/i2c.h b/include/trace/events/i2c.h
index 
142a23c6593c611de9abc2a89a146b95550b23cd..b00650ceba0a96a7cc538991ce5d5a45ea553715
 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/i2c.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/i2c.h
@@ -16,6 +16,94 @@
 /*
  * drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
  */
+#ifndef I2C_TRACE_REASON_ENUM_DEFINED
+#define I2C_TRACE_REASON_ENUM_DEFINED
+
+#define I2C_TRACE_REASON \
+EM(HOST_NOTIFY,                        "IRQ 0: could not get irq from Host 
Notify") \
+EM(FROM_OF,                    "IRQ 0: could not get irq from OF") \
+EM(FROM_ACPI,                  "IRQ 0: could not get irq from ACPI") \
+EM(EPROBE_DEFER_IRQ,           "IRQ 0: could not get IRQ due to EPROBE_DEFER") 
\
+EM(NO_I2C_ID_TABLE,            "no I2C ID table") \
+EM(ACPI_ID_MISMATCH,           "ACPI ID table mismatch") \
+EM(OF_ID_MISMATCH,             "OF ID table mismatch") \
+EM(NO_ID_MATCH,                "no I2C ID table and no ACPI/OF match") \
+EM(EPROBE_DEFER_WAKEIRQ,       "get wake IRQ due to EPROBE_DEFER") \
+EM(SET_DED_WAKE_FAILED,        "failed to set dedicated wakeup IRQ") \
+EM(SET_WAKE_FAILED,            "failed to set wakeup IRQ") \
+EM(NO_IRQ,                     "no IRQ") \
+EM(SET_DEF_CLOCKS,             "set default clocks") \
+EM(ATTACH_PM_DOMAIN,           "attach PM domain") \
+EM(OPEN_DEVRES_GROUP,          "open devres group") \
+EM(PROBE_FAILED,               "specific driver probe failed") \
+EMe(NO_PROBE,                  "no probe defined")
+
+#undef EM
+#undef EMe
+#define EM(a, b)       I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a,
+#define EMe(a, b)      I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a
+enum {
+       I2C_TRACE_REASON
+};
+
+#undef EM
+#undef EMe
+#define EM(a, b)       TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a);
+#define EMe(a, b)      TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a);
+I2C_TRACE_REASON
+
+#undef EM
+#undef EMe
+#define EM(a, b)               { I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a, b },
+#define EMe(a, b)      { I2C_TRACE_REASON_##a, b }
+
+#endif /* I2C_TRACE_REASON_ENUM_DEFINED */
+
+TRACE_EVENT(i2c_device_probe_debug,
+
+       TP_PROTO(struct device *dev, int err_reason),
+
+       TP_ARGS(dev, err_reason),
+
+       TP_STRUCT__entry(
+               __string(       devname,        dev_name(dev)   )
+               __field(        int,            err_reason      )
+       ),
+
+       TP_fast_assign(
+               __assign_str(devname);
+               __entry->err_reason = err_reason;
+       ),
+
+       TP_printk("device=%s: %s",
+               __get_str(devname),
+               __print_symbolic(__entry->err_reason, I2C_TRACE_REASON))
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(i2c_device_probe_complete,
+
+       TP_PROTO(struct device *dev, int status, int err_reason),
+
+       TP_ARGS(dev, status, err_reason),
+
+       TP_STRUCT__entry(
+               __string(       dev_name,       dev_name(dev)   )
+               __field(        int,            status          )
+               __field(        int,            err_reason      )
+       ),
+
+       TP_fast_assign(
+               __assign_str(dev_name);
+               __entry->status = status;
+               __entry->err_reason = err_reason;
+       ),
+
+       TP_printk("%s probe %s: %s",
+               __get_str(dev_name),
+               __entry->status ? "failed" : "succeeded",
+               __entry->status ? __print_symbolic(__entry->err_reason, 
I2C_TRACE_REASON) : "")
+);
+
 extern int i2c_transfer_trace_reg(void);
 extern void i2c_transfer_trace_unreg(void);
 

---
base-commit: 7e161a991ea71e6ec526abc8f40c6852ebe3d946
change-id: 20250806-refactor-add-i2c-tracepoints-b6e2b92d4cd9

Best regards,
-- 
Mohammad Gomaa <[email protected]>


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