linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] mips: cavium: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:48:56 +0200
From:   Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mips: cavium: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 03:57:38PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> -static int init_debufs(void)
> +static void init_debugfs(void)
>  {
> -	struct dentry *show_dentry;
>  	dir = debugfs_create_dir("oct_ilm", 0);
> -	if (!dir) {
> -		pr_err("oct_ilm: failed to create debugfs entry oct_ilm\n");
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -
> -	show_dentry = debugfs_create_file("statistics", 0222, dir, NULL,
> -					  &oct_ilm_ops);
> -	if (!show_dentry) {
> -		pr_err("oct_ilm: failed to create debugfs entry oct_ilm/statistics\n");
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -
> -	show_dentry = debugfs_create_file("reset", 0222, dir, NULL,
> -					  &reset_statistics_ops);
> -	if (!show_dentry) {
> -		pr_err("oct_ilm: failed to create debugfs entry oct_ilm/reset\n");
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -
> +	debugfs_create_file("statistics", 0222, dir, NULL, &oct_ilm_ops);
> +	debugfs_create_file("reset", 0222, dir, NULL, &reset_statistics_ops);
>  	return 0;

The return needs to be deleted now that the function is void.

A.