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

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Date:   Fri,  8 Dec 2017 11:14:56 +0900
From:   Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: remove check on return value of debugfs_create_dir

Initial discussion started about correct handling of this condition.
Later it was decided to remove this check altogether to make it
consistent.

Removal of this check isn't fatal to this driver.

Signed-off-by: Prashant Bhole <bhole_prashant_q7@....ntt.co.jp>
---
 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index eb8c679fca9f..6d4b35f26ae5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -469,8 +469,6 @@ static int __init nsim_module_init(void)
 	int err;
 
 	nsim_ddir = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(nsim_ddir))
-		return PTR_ERR(nsim_ddir);
 
 	err = bus_register(&nsim_bus);
 	if (err)
-- 
2.13.6