linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: soc-core: Fix checking return value of debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <20110814042826.GC20423@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:28:28 +0900
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: soc-core: Fix checking return value of
 debugfs_create_dir

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:23:13AM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> We have CONFIG_DEBUG_FS guard around the place calling debugfs_create_dir,
> thus debugfs_create_dir returns NULL on failure.

On the other hand the existing code doesn't actually have any problem,
the IS_ERR() won't give false positives, so the changelog isn't really
accurate and if anything we'll introduce a bug if someone cut'n'pastes
the code elsewhere.
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