linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] opp: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <154818527190.20280.13288000379723139256@swboyd.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:27:51 -0800
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] opp: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman (2019-01-22 07:21:17)
> When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the
> return value.  The function can work or not, but the code logic should
> never do something different based on this.
> 
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>