From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E84C282C2 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB58321726 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:56:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548226562; bh=Tkc7rDSg0QL9HPWws+CpjjP/yX9Rh5dgxYMvX3gFKcM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=vCstGsUNDML+C5O9U0zvie1n2Umc8JXvyF6dbBDDZzlwkncGMJBe7aUuUDOImt9FD CI7SuyaDkOCk6qryE5h1vb4hGszc4NplsO9J/si9N29td+ZrzG/ugYJxlvCOuaju9t 3o4NsynVTdafSA3A5eseArHEqQC1+jyu5qRlf/6k= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726719AbfAWGz7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:55:59 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:57636 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725995AbfAWGz7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:55:59 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 25D4D21726; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:55:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548226558; bh=Tkc7rDSg0QL9HPWws+CpjjP/yX9Rh5dgxYMvX3gFKcM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=BD9ZPS0GCmz2ebBY5F5QXoOaL6L0rB/hPQynCnJO88TeuQR7cvjAS3DiKqUlTfAOp gMve2T0zfJ1gcE2nmDxO9lcVDGWqs5sh1hIgTnDQg0eDly0FiWNugG5m4GkJ+rQWpx HxCERsV9y7I8IVkg54qYUGQVaEtIpGIkD1JjYX6s= Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:55:56 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Gary R Hook Cc: Herbert Xu , David Miller , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" , "Lendacky, Thomas" , "Hook, Gary" Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] crypto: ccp: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions Message-ID: <20190123065556.GB27466@kroah.com> References: <20190122151422.14204-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20190122151422.14204-7-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <1330d284-560a-5e09-6d15-50da354d0da2@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1330d284-560a-5e09-6d15-50da354d0da2@amd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:06:54PM +0000, Gary R Hook wrote: > On 1/22/19 9:14 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. > > Stupid question(s) time. > > If we don't care about failures (because the subsystem handles them > without our involvement) why do these functions even have return values? > Why haven't they been changed to void so that they reflect the current > style of intended use? Because on "normal" operations, you use the return value for something (i.e. a parent directory to pass to other functions, or a value so you can remove the file later). > I realize I'm old fashioned, but if a failure occurs, I've always been > of a mind to kick out and not try to do any further work. But debugfs is > to be treated as an exception to that paradigm? Carry on, ignore errors, > don't worry about it? Yes, that is the case here, it goes against what everyone normally thinks about kernel development :) thanks, greg k-h