linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] platform: x86: acer-wmi: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <20190614065339.GB21447@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:53:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] platform: x86: acer-wmi: no need to check return
 value of debugfs_create functions

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 09:48:04AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:13 PM 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.
> >
> > Also, because there is no need to save the file dentry, remove the
> > variable that was saving it and just recursively delete the whole
> > directory.
> >
> 
> Through which tree you want to proceed this?

What ever is easier for you, I can take it through mine, as I have a lot
of other patches like this queued up already, or it can go through
yours.

thanks,

greg k-h