netdev - [PATCH] fjes: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:31:06 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] fjes: no need to check return value of debugfs_create
 functions

When calling debugfs functions, there is no need to ever check the
return value.  The function can work or not, but the code logic should
never do something different based on this.

Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/fjes/fjes_debugfs.c | 15 ++-------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_debugfs.c
index 7fed88ea27a5..25599edb4ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_debugfs.c
@@ -67,20 +67,11 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(fjes_dbg_status);
 void fjes_dbg_adapter_init(struct fjes_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	const char *name = dev_name(&adapter->plat_dev->dev);
-	struct dentry *pfile;
 
 	adapter->dbg_adapter = debugfs_create_dir(name, fjes_debug_root);
-	if (!adapter->dbg_adapter) {
-		dev_err(&adapter->plat_dev->dev,
-			"debugfs entry for %s failed\n", name);
-		return;
-	}
 
-	pfile = debugfs_create_file("status", 0444, adapter->dbg_adapter,
-				    adapter, &fjes_dbg_status_fops);
-	if (!pfile)
-		dev_err(&adapter->plat_dev->dev,
-			"debugfs status for %s failed\n", name);
+	debugfs_create_file("status", 0444, adapter->dbg_adapter, adapter,
+			    &fjes_dbg_status_fops);
 }
 
 void fjes_dbg_adapter_exit(struct fjes_adapter *adapter)
@@ -92,8 +83,6 @@ void fjes_dbg_adapter_exit(struct fjes_adapter *adapter)
 void fjes_dbg_init(void)
 {
 	fjes_debug_root = debugfs_create_dir(fjes_driver_name, NULL);
-	if (!fjes_debug_root)
-		pr_info("init of debugfs failed\n");
 }
 
 void fjes_dbg_exit(void)
-- 
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