netdev - Re: [PATCH] xen-netback: no need to check return value of debugfs

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Date:   Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:49:24 +0100
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen-netback: no need to check return value of
 debugfs_create functions

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:31:08PM +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.
> 
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>