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[1/8] infiniband: cxgb4: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

Message ID 20190122151800.15092-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Jason Gunthorpe
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Series IB: cleanup debugfs usage | expand

Commit Message

Greg KH Jan. 22, 2019, 3:17 p.m. UTC
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: Steve Wise <swise@chelsio.com>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Steve Wise Jan. 22, 2019, 4:22 p.m. UTC | #1
Hey Greg,

On 1/22/2019 9:17 AM, 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: Steve Wise <swise@chelsio.com>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> index c13c0ba30f63..9c10fff6dcfb 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> @@ -720,11 +720,8 @@ static const struct file_operations ep_debugfs_fops = {
>  	.read    = debugfs_read,
>  };
>  
> -static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
> +static void setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
>  {
> -	if (!devp->debugfs_root)
> -		return -1;
> -
>  	debugfs_create_file_size("qps", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
>  				 (void *)devp, &qp_debugfs_fops, 4096);
>  
> @@ -740,7 +737,6 @@ static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
>  	if (c4iw_wr_log)
>  		debugfs_create_file_size("wr_log", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
>  					 (void *)devp, &wr_log_debugfs_fops, 4096);
> -	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  void c4iw_release_dev_ucontext(struct c4iw_rdev *rdev,
> @@ -1553,8 +1549,6 @@ static int __init c4iw_init_module(void)
>  		return err;
>  
>  	c4iw_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
> -	if (!c4iw_debugfs_root)
> -		pr_warn("could not create debugfs entry, continuing\n");
>  
>  	reg_workq = create_singlethread_workqueue("Register_iWARP_device");
>  	if (!reg_workq) {
> 

So it is not a problem to call debugfs_create_file_size() when
devp->debugfs_root is NULL?


Acked-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
Greg KH Jan. 22, 2019, 4:30 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:22:59AM -0600, Steve Wise wrote:
> Hey Greg,
> 
> On 1/22/2019 9:17 AM, 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: Steve Wise <swise@chelsio.com>
> > Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> > Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c | 8 +-------
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> > index c13c0ba30f63..9c10fff6dcfb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
> > @@ -720,11 +720,8 @@ static const struct file_operations ep_debugfs_fops = {
> >  	.read    = debugfs_read,
> >  };
> >  
> > -static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
> > +static void setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
> >  {
> > -	if (!devp->debugfs_root)
> > -		return -1;
> > -
> >  	debugfs_create_file_size("qps", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
> >  				 (void *)devp, &qp_debugfs_fops, 4096);
> >  
> > @@ -740,7 +737,6 @@ static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
> >  	if (c4iw_wr_log)
> >  		debugfs_create_file_size("wr_log", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
> >  					 (void *)devp, &wr_log_debugfs_fops, 4096);
> > -	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> >  void c4iw_release_dev_ucontext(struct c4iw_rdev *rdev,
> > @@ -1553,8 +1549,6 @@ static int __init c4iw_init_module(void)
> >  		return err;
> >  
> >  	c4iw_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
> > -	if (!c4iw_debugfs_root)
> > -		pr_warn("could not create debugfs entry, continuing\n");
> >  
> >  	reg_workq = create_singlethread_workqueue("Register_iWARP_device");
> >  	if (!reg_workq) {
> > 
> 
> So it is not a problem to call debugfs_create_file_size() when
> devp->debugfs_root is NULL?

Nope!

> 
> Acked-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>

Thanks,

greg k-h
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
index c13c0ba30f63..9c10fff6dcfb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/device.c
@@ -720,11 +720,8 @@  static const struct file_operations ep_debugfs_fops = {
 	.read    = debugfs_read,
 };
 
-static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
+static void setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
 {
-	if (!devp->debugfs_root)
-		return -1;
-
 	debugfs_create_file_size("qps", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
 				 (void *)devp, &qp_debugfs_fops, 4096);
 
@@ -740,7 +737,6 @@  static int setup_debugfs(struct c4iw_dev *devp)
 	if (c4iw_wr_log)
 		debugfs_create_file_size("wr_log", S_IWUSR, devp->debugfs_root,
 					 (void *)devp, &wr_log_debugfs_fops, 4096);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 void c4iw_release_dev_ucontext(struct c4iw_rdev *rdev,
@@ -1553,8 +1549,6 @@  static int __init c4iw_init_module(void)
 		return err;
 
 	c4iw_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
-	if (!c4iw_debugfs_root)
-		pr_warn("could not create debugfs entry, continuing\n");
 
 	reg_workq = create_singlethread_workqueue("Register_iWARP_device");
 	if (!reg_workq) {