Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:37:24 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] blktrace: move debugfs file creation to its own function |
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On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 03:55:15PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote: > On 4/19/20 12:45 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > +static int blk_trace_create_debugfs_files(struct blk_user_trace_setup *buts, > > + struct dentry *dir, > > + struct blk_trace *bt) > > +{ > > + int ret = -EIO; > > + > > + bt->dropped_file = debugfs_create_file("dropped", 0444, dir, bt, > > + &blk_dropped_fops); > > + > > + bt->msg_file = debugfs_create_file("msg", 0222, dir, bt, &blk_msg_fops); > > + > > + bt->rchan = relay_open("trace", dir, buts->buf_size, > > + buts->buf_nr, &blk_relay_callbacks, bt); > > + if (!bt->rchan) > > + return ret; > > + > > + return 0; > > +} > > How about adding IS_ERR() checks for the debugfs_create_file() return > values?
No, please no, I have been removing all of that nonsense from the kernel for the past 3-4 releases. You should never care about the return value from that call, just save it off and move on.
as it is, this is correct.
greg k-h
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