Smatch complains that: mpt3sas_init_debugfs() warn: 'mpt3sas_debugfs_root' is an error pointer or valid There is no need to check the return value of the debugfs_create_dir() function, just delete the dead code. Fixes: 2b01b293f359 ("scsi: mpt3sas: Capture IOC data for debugging purposes") Signed-off-by: Jing Xu <U202112064@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_debugfs.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_debugfs.c index a6ab1db81167..c92e08c130b9 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_debugfs.c @@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ static const struct file_operations mpt3sas_debugfs_iocdump_fops = { void mpt3sas_init_debugfs(void) { mpt3sas_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("mpt3sas", NULL); - if (!mpt3sas_debugfs_root) - pr_info("mpt3sas: Cannot create debugfs root\n"); } /* -- 2.25.1