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

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0htb3Uv28rqwop_8eQPa6pE_1oOPbszL6B522UGfMGiDQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:52:56 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:40 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 04:28:42PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:27 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> 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: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> > > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> > > Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> > > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> > > Cc: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
> > > Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> >
> > Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> >
> > Or do you want me to take this?
>
> It's up to you, I can take it, or you can, either is fine with me :)

OK, I'll take it in case there is a clash with a different patch or similar.