Re: [PATCH] omap-iommu: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jul 05 2019 - 01:25:37 EST


On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 05:35:52PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 04:36:49PM +0200, 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: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Warning, not even test-built, but "should" work :)
>
> It almost did :)
>
> > + debugfs_create_file("regs", 0400, d, obj, &attrregs_fops);
> > + debugfs_create_file("tlb", 0400, d, obj, &attrtlb_fops);
> > + debugfs_create_file("pagetable", 0400, d, obj, &attrpagetable_fops);
>
> The _fops were named without the 'attr' prefix, changed that and it
> compiled. Patch is now applied.

Ah, so close :)

Thanks for fixing it up and applying it!

greg k-h