netdev - [PATCH v3 16/17] ixgbe: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:17:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 16/17] ixgbe: 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: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 .../net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c  | 22 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
index 50dfb02fa34c..171cdc552961 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_debugfs.c
@@ -190,22 +190,12 @@ static const struct file_operations ixgbe_dbg_netdev_ops_fops = {
 void ixgbe_dbg_adapter_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	const char *name = pci_name(adapter->pdev);
-	struct dentry *pfile;
+
 	adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter = debugfs_create_dir(name, ixgbe_dbg_root);
-	if (adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter) {
-		pfile = debugfs_create_file("reg_ops", 0600,
-					    adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter, adapter,
-					    &ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_fops);
-		if (!pfile)
-			e_dev_err("debugfs reg_ops for %s failed\n", name);
-		pfile = debugfs_create_file("netdev_ops", 0600,
-					    adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter, adapter,
-					    &ixgbe_dbg_netdev_ops_fops);
-		if (!pfile)
-			e_dev_err("debugfs netdev_ops for %s failed\n", name);
-	} else {
-		e_dev_err("debugfs entry for %s failed\n", name);
-	}
+	debugfs_create_file("reg_ops", 0600, adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter,
+			    adapter, &ixgbe_dbg_reg_ops_fops);
+	debugfs_create_file("netdev_ops", 0600, adapter->ixgbe_dbg_adapter,
+			    adapter, &ixgbe_dbg_netdev_ops_fops);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -224,8 +214,6 @@ void ixgbe_dbg_adapter_exit(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 void ixgbe_dbg_init(void)
 {
 	ixgbe_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(ixgbe_driver_name, NULL);
-	if (ixgbe_dbg_root == NULL)
-		pr_err("init of debugfs failed\n");
 }
 
 /**
-- 
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