linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: omap2: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <5ad3b534-e673-9ff4-e171-a12445694938@samsung.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 18:25:09 +0100
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: omap2: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions


On 01/22/2019 04:21 PM, 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: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Patch queued for v5.1, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics