linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] drivers:block:Cancel debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <2024082346-delivery-oblong-cd4c@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:02:23 +0800
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Yang Ruibin <11162571@...o.com>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] drivers:block:Cancel debugfs_create_dir() check

On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 07:22:45PM +0800, Yang Ruibin wrote:
> No need to check debugfs_create_dir() return value.
> It's safe to pass in errors that debugfs_create_dir() gives you.
> 
> Fixes: f40eb99897af ("pktcdvd: remove driver.")

It's not a "fix", it's just a cleanup.  The current code just never
actually triggers so it's not like there is any functional change here
at all.

thanks,

greg k-h