netdev - [PATCH 12/17] skge: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Message-Id: <20190806161128.31232-13-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue,  6 Aug 2019 18:11:23 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 12/17] skge: 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: Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c | 39 +++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c
index 06dffee81e02..0a2ec387a482 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c
@@ -3731,7 +3731,6 @@ static int skge_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct skge_port *skge;
-	struct dentry *d;
 
 	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_open != &skge_up || !skge_debug)
 		goto done;
@@ -3739,33 +3738,20 @@ static int skge_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	skge = netdev_priv(dev);
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
-		if (skge->debugfs) {
-			d = debugfs_rename(skge_debug, skge->debugfs,
-					   skge_debug, dev->name);
-			if (d)
-				skge->debugfs = d;
-			else {
-				netdev_info(dev, "rename failed\n");
-				debugfs_remove(skge->debugfs);
-			}
-		}
+		if (skge->debugfs)
+			skge->debugfs = debugfs_rename(skge_debug,
+						       skge->debugfs,
+						       skge_debug, dev->name);
 		break;
 
 	case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
-		if (skge->debugfs) {
-			debugfs_remove(skge->debugfs);
-			skge->debugfs = NULL;
-		}
+		debugfs_remove(skge->debugfs);
+		skge->debugfs = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	case NETDEV_UP:
-		d = debugfs_create_file(dev->name, 0444,
-					skge_debug, dev,
-					&skge_debug_fops);
-		if (!d || IS_ERR(d))
-			netdev_info(dev, "debugfs create failed\n");
-		else
-			skge->debugfs = d;
+		skge->debugfs = debugfs_create_file(dev->name, 0444, skge_debug,
+						    dev, &skge_debug_fops);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -3780,15 +3766,8 @@ static struct notifier_block skge_notifier = {
 
 static __init void skge_debug_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *ent;
-
-	ent = debugfs_create_dir("skge", NULL);
-	if (!ent || IS_ERR(ent)) {
-		pr_info("debugfs create directory failed\n");
-		return;
-	}
+	skge_debug = debugfs_create_dir("skge", NULL);
 
-	skge_debug = ent;
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&skge_notifier);
 }
 
-- 
2.22.0