[PATCH] b43: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[PATCH] b43: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

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: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c | 36 +++++----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
index 77046384dd80..976c8ec4e992 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/debugfs.c
@@ -668,15 +668,13 @@ static void b43_remove_dynamic_debug(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 static void b43_add_dynamic_debug(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
 	struct b43_dfsentry *e = dev->dfsentry;
-	struct dentry *d;
 
-#define add_dyn_dbg(name, id, initstate) do {		\
-	e->dyn_debug[id] = (initstate);			\
-	d = debugfs_create_bool(name, 0600, e->subdir,	\
-				&(e->dyn_debug[id]));	\
-	if (!IS_ERR(d))					\
-		e->dyn_debug_dentries[id] = d;		\
-				} while (0)
+#define add_dyn_dbg(name, id, initstate) do {			\
+	e->dyn_debug[id] = (initstate);				\
+	e->dyn_debug_dentries[id] =				\
+		debugfs_create_bool(name, 0600, e->subdir,	\
+				&(e->dyn_debug[id]));		\
+	} while (0)
 
 	add_dyn_dbg("debug_xmitpower", B43_DBG_XMITPOWER, false);
 	add_dyn_dbg("debug_dmaoverflow", B43_DBG_DMAOVERFLOW, false);
@@ -718,19 +716,6 @@ void b43_debugfs_add_device(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
 	snprintf(devdir, sizeof(devdir), "%s", wiphy_name(dev->wl->hw->wiphy));
 	e->subdir = debugfs_create_dir(devdir, rootdir);
-	if (!e->subdir || IS_ERR(e->subdir)) {
-		if (e->subdir == ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)) {
-			b43dbg(dev->wl, "DebugFS (CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) not "
-			       "enabled in kernel config\n");
-		} else {
-			b43err(dev->wl, "debugfs: cannot create %s directory\n",
-			       devdir);
-		}
-		dev->dfsentry = NULL;
-		kfree(log->log);
-		kfree(e);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	e->mmio16read_next = 0xFFFF; /* invalid address */
 	e->mmio32read_next = 0xFFFF; /* invalid address */
@@ -741,13 +726,10 @@ void b43_debugfs_add_device(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
 #define ADD_FILE(name, mode)	\
 	do {							\
-		struct dentry *d;				\
-		d = debugfs_create_file(__stringify(name),	\
+		e->file_##name.dentry =				\
+			debugfs_create_file(__stringify(name),	\
 					mode, e->subdir, dev,	\
 					&fops_##name.fops);	\
-		e->file_##name.dentry = NULL;			\
-		if (!IS_ERR(d))					\
-			e->file_##name.dentry = d;		\
 	} while (0)
 
 
@@ -818,8 +800,6 @@ void b43_debugfs_log_txstat(struct b43_wldev *dev,
 void b43_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	rootdir = debugfs_create_dir(KBUILD_MODNAME, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(rootdir))
-		rootdir = NULL;
 }
 
 void b43_debugfs_exit(void)
-- 
2.20.1

Re: [PATCH] b43: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[Larry Finger]

On 1/22/19 9:21 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: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Thanks,

Larry

Re: [PATCH] b43: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[Kalle Valo]

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 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: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

e9bdcdc7cdf0 b43: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10775733/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches