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@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ Also debug() and error() will generate log records - these use LOG_CATEGORY
as the category, so you should #define this right at the top of the source
file to ensure the category is correct.
+You can also define CONFIG_LOG_ERROR_RETURN to enable the log_ret() macro. This
+can be used whenever your function returns an error value:
+
+ return log_ret(uclass_first_device(UCLASS_MMC, &dev));
+
+This will write a log record when an error code is detected (a value < 0). This
+can make it easier to trace errors that are generated deep in the call stack.
+
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