linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] ntb: Remove error checking for debugfs_create

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Message-Id: <20230713085621.3380-1-machel@vivo.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:56:06 +0800
From:   Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...il.com>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>, ntb@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opensource.kernel@...o.com, dan.carpenter@...aro.org
Subject: [PATCH v3]  ntb: Remove error checking for debugfs_create_dir()

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

Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
---
 drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
index eeeb4b1c97d2..e0acc11d29ba 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
@@ -1495,8 +1495,6 @@ static void tool_setup_dbgfs(struct tool_ctx *tc)
 
 	tc->dbgfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&tc->ntb->dev),
 					   tool_dbgfs_topdir);
-	if (!tc->dbgfs_dir)
-		return;
 
 	debugfs_create_file("port", 0600, tc->dbgfs_dir,
 			    tc, &tool_port_fops);
-- 
2.25.1