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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 07/10] blktrace: move debugfs file creation to its own function
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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