linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: domain: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:42:20 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: domain: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 1:49:00 PM CET Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 16:23, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the
> > return value.  The function can work or not, but the code logic should
> > never do something different based on this.
> >
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> > Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
> > Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> > Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>

Patch applied, thanks!