netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] rt2x00: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-ID: <20190704075051.GB25102@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jul 2019 09:50:52 +0200
From:   Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rt2x00: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 01:39:56PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Because we don't need to save the individual debugfs files and
> directories, remove the local storage of them and just remove the entire
> debugfs directory in a single call, making things a lot simpler.
> 
> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
> Cc: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>