Re: [PATCH] mm: cleancache: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 04:21:11PM +0100, 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: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

OK.

Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

or I can push it through my tree but it may be just easier for Andrew
too do it
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/cleancache.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/cleancache.c b/mm/cleancache.c
> index 2bf12da9baa0..082fdda7aaa6 100644
> --- a/mm/cleancache.c
> +++ b/mm/cleancache.c
> @@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ static int __init init_cleancache(void)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>  	struct dentry *root = debugfs_create_dir("cleancache", NULL);
> -	if (root == NULL)
> -		return -ENXIO;
> +
>  	debugfs_create_u64("succ_gets", 0444, root, &cleancache_succ_gets);
>  	debugfs_create_u64("failed_gets", 0444, root, &cleancache_failed_gets);
>  	debugfs_create_u64("puts", 0444, root, &cleancache_puts);
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>