linux-kernel - [PATCH] debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <20191122104453.GA2017837@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:44:53 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create_regset32()

No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_regset32(), as it's not
needed, so make the return value void, so that no one tries to do so in
the future.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt |  6 +++---
 fs/debugfs/file.c                     | 17 ++++-------------
 include/linux/debugfs.h               | 13 ++++++-------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 93c825d38232..8e235384e5ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ file.
 	void __iomem *base;
     };
 
-    struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-				     struct dentry *parent,
-				     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+    debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+			    struct dentry *parent,
+			    struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
 
     void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
 			 int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index a86cb0b1c69c..8dba75d40b36 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1078,21 +1078,12 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_regset32 = {
  * This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that reports
  * the names and values of a set of 32-bit registers. If the @mode variable
  * is so set it can be read from. Writing is not supported.
- *
- * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds.  This
- * pointer must be passed to the debugfs_remove() function when the file is
- * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
- * you are responsible here.)  If an error occurs, %ERR_PTR(-ERROR) will be
- * returned.
- *
- * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value %ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
- * be returned.
  */
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-				       struct dentry *parent,
-				       struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+			     struct dentry *parent,
+			     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
 {
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
+	debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_regset32);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index edcf1357b1be..9726738de814 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				  struct dentry *parent,
 				  struct debugfs_blob_wrapper *blob);
 
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-				     struct dentry *parent,
-				     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+			     struct dentry *parent,
+			     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
 
 void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
 			  int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
@@ -300,11 +300,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name,
-				   umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
-				   struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+static inline void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+					   struct dentry *parent,
+					   struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
 {
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
 static inline void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
-- 
2.24.0