[PATCH] debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create_regset32()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Nov 22 2019 - 06:09:48 EST


No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_regset32(), as it's not
needed, so make the return value void, so that no one tries to do so in
the future.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt | 6 +++---
fs/debugfs/file.c | 17 ++++-------------
include/linux/debugfs.h | 13 ++++++-------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 93c825d38232..8e235384e5ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ file.
void __iomem *base;
};

- struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+ debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);

void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index a86cb0b1c69c..8dba75d40b36 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1078,21 +1078,12 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_regset32 = {
* This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that reports
* the names and values of a set of 32-bit registers. If the @mode variable
* is so set it can be read from. Writing is not supported.
- *
- * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This
- * pointer must be passed to the debugfs_remove() function when the file is
- * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
- * you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, %ERR_PTR(-ERROR) will be
- * returned.
- *
- * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value %ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
- * be returned.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
{
- return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
+ debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_regset32);

diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index edcf1357b1be..9726738de814 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
struct debugfs_blob_wrapper *blob);

-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);

void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
@@ -300,11 +300,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}

-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name,
- umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+static inline void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}

static inline void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
--
2.24.0