On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 05:53:10PM +0200, Tomas Henzl wrote: > 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? This code was always just wrong. The history of this is slightly complicated and boring. These days it's harmless dead code so I guess it's less bad than before. regards, dan carpenter