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Message-ID: <c604376c-465b-a35b-501c-4a416dcbe819@amd.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 16:28:06 +0000
From:   "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/17] xgbe: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On 8/6/19 11:11 AM, 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.
> 
> This cleans up a lot of unneeded code and logic around the debugfs
> files, making all of this much simpler and easier to understand.
> 
> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c | 107 ++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
> index b91143947ed2..b0a6c96b6ef4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-debugfs.c
> @@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ static const struct file_operations xi2c_reg_value_fops = {
>  
>  void xgbe_debugfs_init(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
>  {
> -	struct dentry *pfile;
>  	char *buf;
>  
>  	/* Set defaults */
> @@ -451,88 +450,48 @@ void xgbe_debugfs_init(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
>  		return;
>  
>  	pdata->xgbe_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(buf, NULL);
> -	if (!pdata->xgbe_debugfs) {
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_dir failed\n");
> -		kfree(buf);
> -		return;
> -	}
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_create_file("xgmac_register", 0600,
> -				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -				    &xgmac_reg_addr_fops);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +	debugfs_create_file("xgmac_register", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> +			    &xgmac_reg_addr_fops);
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_create_file("xgmac_register_value", 0600,
> -				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -				    &xgmac_reg_value_fops);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +	debugfs_create_file("xgmac_register_value", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +			    pdata, &xgmac_reg_value_fops);
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_create_file("xpcs_mmd", 0600,
> -				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -				    &xpcs_mmd_fops);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +	debugfs_create_file("xpcs_mmd", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> +			    &xpcs_mmd_fops);
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_create_file("xpcs_register", 0600,
> -				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -				    &xpcs_reg_addr_fops);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +	debugfs_create_file("xpcs_register", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> +			    &xpcs_reg_addr_fops);
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_create_file("xpcs_register_value", 0600,
> -				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -				    &xpcs_reg_value_fops);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +	debugfs_create_file("xpcs_register_value", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +			    pdata, &xpcs_reg_value_fops);
>  
>  	if (pdata->xprop_regs) {
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_file("xprop_register", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -					    &xprop_reg_addr_fops);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> -
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_file("xprop_register_value", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -					    &xprop_reg_value_fops);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +		debugfs_create_file("xprop_register", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +				    pdata, &xprop_reg_addr_fops);
> +
> +		debugfs_create_file("xprop_register_value", 0600,
> +				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> +				    &xprop_reg_value_fops);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (pdata->xi2c_regs) {
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_file("xi2c_register", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -					    &xi2c_reg_addr_fops);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> -
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_file("xi2c_register_value", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> -					    &xi2c_reg_value_fops);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_file failed\n");
> +		debugfs_create_file("xi2c_register", 0600, pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +				    pdata, &xi2c_reg_addr_fops);
> +
> +		debugfs_create_file("xi2c_register_value", 0600,
> +				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs, pdata,
> +				    &xi2c_reg_value_fops);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (pdata->vdata->an_cdr_workaround) {
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_bool("an_cdr_workaround", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> -					    &pdata->debugfs_an_cdr_workaround);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_bool failed\n");
> -
> -		pfile = debugfs_create_bool("an_cdr_track_early", 0600,
> -					    pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> -					    &pdata->debugfs_an_cdr_track_early);
> -		if (!pfile)
> -			netdev_err(pdata->netdev,
> -				   "debugfs_create_bool failed\n");
> +		debugfs_create_bool("an_cdr_workaround", 0600,
> +				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +				    &pdata->debugfs_an_cdr_workaround);
> +
> +		debugfs_create_bool("an_cdr_track_early", 0600,
> +				    pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +				    &pdata->debugfs_an_cdr_track_early);
>  	}
>  
>  	kfree(buf);
> @@ -546,7 +505,6 @@ void xgbe_debugfs_exit(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
>  
>  void xgbe_debugfs_rename(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
>  {
> -	struct dentry *pfile;
>  	char *buf;
>  
>  	if (!pdata->xgbe_debugfs)
> @@ -559,11 +517,8 @@ void xgbe_debugfs_rename(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
>  	if (!strcmp(pdata->xgbe_debugfs->d_name.name, buf))
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	pfile = debugfs_rename(pdata->xgbe_debugfs->d_parent,
> -			       pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> -			       pdata->xgbe_debugfs->d_parent, buf);
> -	if (!pfile)
> -		netdev_err(pdata->netdev, "debugfs_rename failed\n");
> +	debugfs_rename(pdata->xgbe_debugfs->d_parent, pdata->xgbe_debugfs,
> +		       pdata->xgbe_debugfs->d_parent, buf);
>  
>  out:
>  	kfree(buf);
> 

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