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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri May 21 2021 - 14:45:25 EST


No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_bool(), 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 | 4 ++--
fs/debugfs/file.c | 15 +++------------
include/linux/debugfs.h | 12 ++++--------
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
index 0f2292e367e6..71b1fee56d2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ and hexadecimal::

Boolean values can be placed in debugfs with::

- struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value);
+ void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, bool *value);

A read on the resulting file will yield either Y (for non-zero values) or
N, followed by a newline. If written to, it will accept either upper- or
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index d513d5465c89..6ede714cb551 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -836,20 +836,11 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_bool_wo = {
* This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that
* contains the value of the variable @value. If the @mode variable is so
* set, it can be read from, and written to.
- *
- * 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 ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
- * be returned.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value)
+void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+ bool *value)
{
- return debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_bool,
+ debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_bool,
&fops_bool_ro, &fops_bool_wo);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_bool);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 4e82f2b1fa62..c869f1e73d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, size_t *value);
void debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value);
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value);
+void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+ bool *value);
void debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, char **value);

@@ -291,12 +291,8 @@ static inline void debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
atomic_t *value)
{ }

-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- bool *value)
-{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-}
+static inline void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, bool *value) { }

static inline void debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
--
2.31.1