Re: [PATCH] spi: remove return value check of debugfs_create_dir()

From: Peter Enderborg
Date: Mon Apr 24 2023 - 09:27:28 EST


On 4/24/23 13:54, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 02:11:54PM +0800, Yingsha Xu wrote:
>> Smatch complains that:
>> dw_spi_debugfs_init() warn: 'dws->debugfs' is an error pointer
>> or valid
>>
>> Debugfs checks are generally not supposed to be checked for errors
>> and it is not necessary here.
>>
>> Just delete the dead code.
>
> This is very much a question of taste with a range of use cases
> available.

No.
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.2/05993.html
We can do things with the debug information without filesystem enabled.