Re: sysfs file creation result nightmare (WAS radeonfb: Fix sysfs_create_bin_file warnings)

[Paul Mackerras]

Olivier Galibert writes:

> Hmmm, then why don't you just drop the return value from the creation
> function and BUG() in there is something went wrong.  That would allow
> for better error messages too.

In this instance, BUG would mean that the console text would not ever
show up on the screen, and thus the user would never see the message
nor get any indication what wrong beyond "it failed to boot".

Paul.
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