linux-kernel - [PATCH 6.7 141/713] wifi: mwifiex: debugfs: Drop unnecessary error check for debugfs_create

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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:37:47 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.7 141/713] wifi: mwifiex: debugfs: Drop unnecessary error check for debugfs_create_dir()

From: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>

[ Upstream commit 50180c7f8e3de7c2d87f619131776598fcb1478d ]

debugfs_create_dir() returns ERR_PTR and never return NULL.

As Russell suggested, this patch removes the error checking for
debugfs_create_dir(). This is because the DebugFS kernel API is developed
in a way that the caller can safely ignore the errors that occur during
the creation of DebugFS nodes. The debugfs APIs have a IS_ERR() judge in
start_creating() which can handle it gracefully. So these checks are
unnecessary.

Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@...wei.com>
Suggested-by: Russell King (Oracle) <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230903030216.1509013-3-ruanjinjie@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
index f9c9fec7c792a..d14a0f4c1b6d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
@@ -970,9 +970,6 @@ mwifiex_dev_debugfs_init(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
 	priv->dfs_dev_dir = debugfs_create_dir(priv->netdev->name,
 					       mwifiex_dfs_dir);
 
-	if (!priv->dfs_dev_dir)
-		return;
-
 	MWIFIEX_DFS_ADD_FILE(info);
 	MWIFIEX_DFS_ADD_FILE(debug);
 	MWIFIEX_DFS_ADD_FILE(getlog);
-- 
2.43.0