Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: mockup: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Jun 26 2019 - 07:54:35 EST


On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:46 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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: Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamv2005@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [Bartosz: removed one more check for debugfs return value]
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - fix build warning found by kbuild
> - fix build error found by kbuild
>
> v2 -> v3:
> - remove one more unnecessary ifdef

Looks good
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Will you send me this in a pull request with the rest of
the stuff you have queued?

Yours,
Linus Walleij