netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: check return value of debugfs_create

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 18:33:41 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: check return value of
 debugfs_create_dir

On Thu,  7 Dec 2017 10:02:13 +0900, Prashant Bhole wrote:
> - Handled debugfs_create_dir failure in nsim_init()
> - Fixed return value of nsim_module_init() when debugfs_create_dir fails
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>

Why?  Failing to expose the state via DebugFS is not fatal to the
driver.