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

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:06:36 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 09:52:00AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman 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: Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c           | 19 +++++--------------
>  drivers/crypto/hisilicon/zip/zip_main.c | 24 ++++++------------------
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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