Re: [PATCH 05/22] USB: mon: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:34:34AM -0500, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:30:50 +0200
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> 
> Okay, fair enough. And the code works, surprisingly, even when the
> debugfs is disabled (well, according to my review). I just have one
> question - wouldn't it be cleaner to deprecate and remove the text
> API altogether?

If you think we can do that, sure!  But what's the odds that someone
still uses it?  This patch doesn't change any real functionality.

thanks,

greg k-h
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