Re: [PATCH] omap-iommu: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

From: Joerg Roedel
Date: Thu Jul 04 2019 - 11:35:55 EST


On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 04:36:49PM +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: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Warning, not even test-built, but "should" work :)

It almost did :)

> + debugfs_create_file("regs", 0400, d, obj, &attrregs_fops);
> + debugfs_create_file("tlb", 0400, d, obj, &attrtlb_fops);
> + debugfs_create_file("pagetable", 0400, d, obj, &attrpagetable_fops);

The _fops were named without the 'attr' prefix, changed that and it
compiled. Patch is now applied.

Thanks,

Joerg