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

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:35:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc:     Julien Freche <jfreche@...are.com>,
        Pv-drivers <Pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmw_ballon: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 07:36:36PM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Please change the title of the patch to “vmw_balloon” (it is currently
> “vmw_ballon”).

Oops, will fix, sorry about that.

> > On Jun 11, 2019, at 11:55 AM, 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.
> 
> I remember I saw a discussion about it, and didn’t know the resolution.
> 
> If that's the decision (assuming debugfs initialization always succeeds),
> and after fixing the title of the patch:
> 
>   Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>

Thanks for the review!

greg k-h