linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <20190123084745.GB2659@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:47:46 +0100
From:   Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
 functions

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 04:21:34PM +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: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
> Cc: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>