linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] infiniband: mlx5: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:42:54 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] infiniband: mlx5: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 04:17:57PM +0100, 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: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cong.c    | 15 +++-----
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c    |  8 ++---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h |  8 +----
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c      | 51 +++++-----------------------
>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
>

Thanks,
Acked-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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