On 4/23/23 14:25, Jing Xu wrote:
> 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");
Hi Jing,
most drivers just ignore the return value but here the author wanted to
have the information logged.
Can you instead of removing the message modify the 'if' condition so it
suits the author's intention?
Also there are other similar issues in this file.
Regards,
Tomas
> }
>
> /*
