Re: [PATCH v2] x86/pmc_atom: Fix warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=n

[Martin Kelly <martin@martingkelly.com>]

On 09/16/2014 07:09 PM, Li, Aubrey wrote:
> 
> Thanks to take care of this warning. How about this version?
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pmc_atom.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pmc_atom.c
> index 0c424a6..cd91b57 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pmc_atom.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pmc_atom.c
> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ err:
>  static int pmc_setup_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct pmc_dev *pmc = &pmc_device;
> -	int ret;
> +	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	/* Obtain ACPI base address */
>  	pci_read_config_dword(pdev, ACPI_BASE_ADDR_OFFSET, &acpi_base_addr);
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int pmc_setup_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
> -	return 0;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> 
> Thanks,
> -Aubrey
> 

Thanks for the suggestion, Aubrey. Although that version would also work, it still has inline #ifdef, which is harder to read and goes against general Linux conventions:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
(section 2, "#ifdefs are ugly")