linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <451b54fb-0ef0-ce6b-71e4-39ba781b5a94@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:45:49 -0600
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On 1/22/19 9:21 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Thanks,

Larry