linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] mips: cleanup debugfs usage

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Date:   Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:34:15 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <pburton@...ecomp.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] mips: cleanup debugfs usage

Hello,

Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When calling debugfs code, there is no need to ever check the return
> value of the call, as no logic should ever change if a call works
> properly or not.  Fix up a bunch of x86-specific code to not care about
> the results of debugfs.
> 
> Greg Kroah-Hartman (5):
> mips: cavium: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
> functions
> mips: ralink: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
> functions
> mips: mm: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
> mips: math-emu: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
> functions
> mips: kernel: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
> functions
> 
> arch/mips/cavium-octeon/oct_ilm.c     | 31 ++++-----------------------
> arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c | 21 ++++--------------
> arch/mips/kernel/segment.c            | 15 +++----------
> arch/mips/kernel/setup.c              |  7 +-----
> arch/mips/kernel/spinlock_test.c      | 21 ++++--------------
> arch/mips/kernel/unaligned.c          | 16 ++++----------
> arch/mips/math-emu/me-debugfs.c       | 23 ++++----------------
> arch/mips/mm/sc-debugfs.c             | 15 +++----------
> arch/mips/ralink/bootrom.c            |  8 +------
> 9 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-)

Series applied to mips-next.

Thanks,
    Paul

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