debugfs_create_dir() can't return an error pointer because we tested for IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) earlier so we don't need to test for that. Also the way debugfs is designed, callers should not normally care about error pointer returns. The current code is a little buggy because it return success if debugfs_create_dir() fails instead of -ENODEV which was intended. I have also changed the error message slightly. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: completely different diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c index 63cb1d7..d3c99a6 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c @@ -235,12 +235,9 @@ int ubi_debugfs_init(void) return 0; dfs_rootdir = debugfs_create_dir("ubi", NULL); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dfs_rootdir)) { - int err = dfs_rootdir ? -ENODEV : PTR_ERR(dfs_rootdir); - - ubi_err("cannot create \"ubi\" debugfs directory, error %d\n", - err); - return err; + if (!dfs_rootdir) { + ubi_err("cannot create \"ubi\" debugfs directory.\n"); + return -ENODEV; } return 0; diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c index cb38f3d..3971465 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c @@ -523,24 +523,20 @@ static int nandsim_debugfs_create(struct nandsim *dev) { struct nandsim_debug_info *dbg = &dev->dbg; struct dentry *dent; - int err; if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)) return 0; dent = debugfs_create_dir("nandsim", NULL); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent)) { - int err = dent ? -ENODEV : PTR_ERR(dent); - - NS_ERR("cannot create \"nandsim\" debugfs directory, err %d\n", - err); - return err; + if (!dent) { + NS_ERR("cannot create \"nandsim\" debugfs directory."); + return -ENODEV; } dbg->dfs_root = dent; dent = debugfs_create_file("wear_report", S_IRUSR, dbg->dfs_root, dev, &dfs_fops); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dent)) + if (!dent) goto out_remove; dbg->dfs_wear_report = dent; @@ -548,8 +544,7 @@ static int nandsim_debugfs_create(struct nandsim *dev) out_remove: debugfs_remove_recursive(dbg->dfs_root); - err = dent ? PTR_ERR(dent) : -ENODEV; - return err; + return -ENODEV; } /** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html