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

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:51:06 +0800
From:   Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
To:     Rasesh Mody <rmody@...vell.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>,
        GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     opensource.kernel@...o.com, rdunlap@...radead.org,
        Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] bna: Remove error checking for debugfs_create_dir()

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

Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@...o.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_debugfs.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_debugfs.c
index 04ad0f2b9677..7246e13dd559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad_debugfs.c
@@ -512,11 +512,6 @@ bnad_debugfs_init(struct bnad *bnad)
 	if (!bnad->port_debugfs_root) {
 		bnad->port_debugfs_root =
 			debugfs_create_dir(name, bna_debugfs_root);
-		if (!bnad->port_debugfs_root) {
-			netdev_warn(bnad->netdev,
-				    "debugfs root dir creation failed\n");
-			return;
-		}
 
 		atomic_inc(&bna_debugfs_port_count);
 
-- 
2.25.1