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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 23 2020 - 09:10:07 EST


No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(), 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.rst | 2 +-
fs/debugfs/file.c | 15 +++++++--------
include/linux/debugfs.h | 18 ++++++++----------
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
index 728ab57a611a..0f2292e367e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ of its elements. Note: Once array is created its size can not be changed.

There is a helper function to create device related seq_file::

- struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
+ void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
const char *name,
struct dentry *parent,
int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index a768a09430c3..686e0ad28788 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1127,24 +1127,23 @@ static const struct file_operations debugfs_devm_entry_ops = {
* file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
* @read_fn: function pointer called to print the seq_file content.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
- struct dentry *parent,
- int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
- void *data))
+void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s, void *data))
{
struct debugfs_devm_entry *entry;

if (IS_ERR(parent))
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ return;

entry = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!entry)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return;

entry->read = read_fn;
entry->dev = dev;

- return debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
- &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
+ debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
+ &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_devm_seqfile);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 851dd1f9a8a5..d6c4cc9ecc77 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -144,10 +144,9 @@ void debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
struct debugfs_u32_array *array);

-struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
- struct dentry *parent,
- int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
- void *data));
+void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s, void *data));

bool debugfs_initialized(void);

@@ -327,13 +326,12 @@ static inline void debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
{
}

-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
- const char *name,
- struct dentry *parent,
- int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
- void *data))
+static inline void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev,
+ const char *name,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ int (*read_fn)(struct seq_file *s,
+ void *data))
{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}

static inline ssize_t debugfs_read_file_bool(struct file *file,
--
2.29.0