linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] lib: Remove error checking for debugfs_create

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:24:43 +0800
From:   Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
To:     Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>, Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] lib: Remove error checking for debugfs_create_dir()

It is expected that most callers should _ignore_ the errors return by
debugfs_create_dir() in err_inject_init().

Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
---
 lib/notifier-error-inject.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
index 2b24ea6c9497..954c3412d22d 100644
--- a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
+++ b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ static int __init err_inject_init(void)
 	notifier_err_inject_dir =
 		debugfs_create_dir("notifier-error-inject", NULL);
 
-	if (!notifier_err_inject_dir)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
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