linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mfd: ab8500: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbBXoTywAXb-18LJkTFayLgdRhrxEq0DoJxpCkn=Etupw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:22:19 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mfd: ab8500: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 6:48 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.
>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij