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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Mar 09 2020 - 12:36:51 EST


No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_file_size, 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 | 8 ++++----
fs/debugfs/inode.c | 18 ++++--------------
include/linux/debugfs.h | 20 +++++++++-----------
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 8e235384e5ff..9c9c484e70d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ missing.
Create a file with an initial size, the following function can be used
instead:

- struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- loff_t file_size);
+ void debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, void *data,
+ const struct file_operations *fops,
+ loff_t file_size);

file_size is the initial file size. The other parameters are the same
as the function debugfs_create_file.
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index e742dfc66933..b7f2e971ecbc 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -501,26 +501,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_file_unsafe);
* wide range of flexibility in creating a file, or a directory (if you want
* to create a directory, the debugfs_create_dir() function is
* recommended to be used instead.)
- *
- * 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 -%ENODEV will be
- * returned.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- loff_t file_size)
+void debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, void *data,
+ const struct file_operations *fops,
+ loff_t file_size)
{
struct dentry *de = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);

if (de)
d_inode(de)->i_size = file_size;
- return de;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_file_size);

diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index c9f5262098a1..2ffe674d80cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_unsafe(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, void *data,
const struct file_operations *fops);

-struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- loff_t file_size);
+void debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, void *data,
+ const struct file_operations *fops,
+ loff_t file_size);

struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);

@@ -181,13 +181,11 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_unsafe(const char *name,
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}

-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, void *data,
- const struct file_operations *fops,
- loff_t file_size)
-{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-}
+static inline void debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, void *data,
+ const struct file_operations *fops,
+ loff_t file_size)
+{ }

static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name,
struct dentry *parent)
--
2.25.1