linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/7] media: usb: uvc: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-Id: <20200818133608.462514-7-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:36:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] media: usb: uvc: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

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: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_debugfs.c | 20 ++++----------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_debugfs.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_debugfs.c
index 2b8af4b54117..1a1258d4ffca 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_debugfs.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ static struct dentry *uvc_debugfs_root_dir;
 void uvc_debugfs_init_stream(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 {
 	struct usb_device *udev = stream->dev->udev;
-	struct dentry *dent;
 	char dir_name[33];
 
 	if (uvc_debugfs_root_dir == NULL)
@@ -82,22 +81,11 @@ void uvc_debugfs_init_stream(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
 	snprintf(dir_name, sizeof(dir_name), "%u-%u-%u", udev->bus->busnum,
 		 udev->devnum, stream->intfnum);
 
-	dent = debugfs_create_dir(dir_name, uvc_debugfs_root_dir);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent)) {
-		uvc_printk(KERN_INFO, "Unable to create debugfs %s "
-			   "directory.\n", dir_name);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	stream->debugfs_dir = dent;
+	stream->debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(dir_name,
+						 uvc_debugfs_root_dir);
 
-	dent = debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, stream->debugfs_dir,
-				   stream, &uvc_debugfs_stats_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent)) {
-		uvc_printk(KERN_INFO, "Unable to create debugfs stats file.\n");
-		uvc_debugfs_cleanup_stream(stream);
-		return;
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, stream->debugfs_dir, stream,
+			    &uvc_debugfs_stats_fops);
 }
 
 void uvc_debugfs_cleanup_stream(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
-- 
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