From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <sgoutham@marvell.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
<andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>, <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>,
Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>,
"Dan Carpenter" <error27@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/3] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: Drop debugfs_create_file() error checks in init
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:23:51 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416035352.333808-3-rkannoth@marvell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260416035352.333808-1-rkannoth@marvell.com>
debugfs is not intended to be checked for allocation failures the way
other kernel APIs are: callers should not fail probe or subsystem init
because a debugfs node could not be created, including when debugfs is
disabled in Kconfig. Replacing NULL checks with IS_ERR() checks is
similarly wrong for optional debugfs.
Remove dentry checks and -EFAULT returns from npc_cn20k_debugfs_init().
https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/debugfs-functions-are-not-supposed-to-be-checked/
CC: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/adjNGPWKMOk3KgWL@stanley.mountain/
Fixes: 528530dff56b ("octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: add debugfs support")
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
---
.../marvell/octeontx2/af/cn20k/debugfs.c | 33 ++++++-------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cn20k/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cn20k/debugfs.c
index 3debf2fae1a4..6f13296303cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cn20k/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cn20k/debugfs.c
@@ -249,34 +249,21 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(npc_defrag);
int npc_cn20k_debugfs_init(struct rvu *rvu)
{
struct npc_priv_t *npc_priv = npc_priv_get();
- struct dentry *npc_dentry;
- npc_dentry = debugfs_create_file("mcam_layout", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
- npc_priv, &npc_mcam_layout_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file("mcam_layout", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
+ npc_priv, &npc_mcam_layout_fops);
- if (!npc_dentry)
- return -EFAULT;
+ debugfs_create_file("mcam_default", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
+ rvu, &npc_mcam_default_fops);
- npc_dentry = debugfs_create_file("mcam_default", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
- rvu, &npc_mcam_default_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file("vidx2idx", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
+ npc_priv, &npc_vidx2idx_map_fops);
- if (!npc_dentry)
- return -EFAULT;
+ debugfs_create_file("idx2vidx", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
+ npc_priv, &npc_idx2vidx_map_fops);
- npc_dentry = debugfs_create_file("vidx2idx", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
- npc_priv, &npc_vidx2idx_map_fops);
- if (!npc_dentry)
- return -EFAULT;
-
- npc_dentry = debugfs_create_file("idx2vidx", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
- npc_priv, &npc_idx2vidx_map_fops);
- if (!npc_dentry)
- return -EFAULT;
-
- npc_dentry = debugfs_create_file("defrag", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
- npc_priv, &npc_defrag_fops);
- if (!npc_dentry)
- return -EFAULT;
+ debugfs_create_file("defrag", 0444, rvu->rvu_dbg.npc,
+ npc_priv, &npc_defrag_fops);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 3:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-16 3:53 [PATCH net 0/3] octeontx2-af: Fix smatch reported errors Ratheesh Kannoth
2026-04-16 3:53 ` [PATCH net 1/3] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: Handle npc_mcam_idx_2_key_type() failures Ratheesh Kannoth
2026-04-16 8:08 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-04-18 16:17 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-16 3:53 ` Ratheesh Kannoth [this message]
2026-04-18 16:20 ` [PATCH net 2/3] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: Drop debugfs_create_file() error checks in init Simon Horman
2026-04-16 3:53 ` [PATCH net 3/3] octeontx2-af: npc: cn20k: Return error when defrag rollback free fails Ratheesh Kannoth
2026-04-18 16:18 ` Simon Horman
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