linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][5/5][resend] floppy.c: Fix device_create

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Message-Id: <200703191620.00179.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:20:00 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>,
	"Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][5/5][resend] floppy.c: Fix device_create_file() warning

On Monday 19 March 2007 16:16, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 19/03/07, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > -             device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev,&dev_attr_cmos);
> > > +             err = device_create_file(&floppy_device[drive].dev, &dev_attr_cmos);
> > > +             if (err)
> > > +                     printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create sysfs attribute "
> > > +                             "file for floppy device: %s\n",
> > > +                             floppy_device[drive].name);
> >
> > That change looks pretty useless. Either the error should be handled correctly
> > by bailing out or the warn_unused_results should be dropped.
> >
> At least letting the user know that something failed is better than
> the current situation of just failing silently I'd say.

I don't think so. That's just bloat.

-Andi
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