On 11/16/2016 09:56 PM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2016 04:56 PM, Marek Vasut wrote: >> On 11/16/2016 08:52 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: >>> On Tuesday 15 November 2016 11:42 PM, Marek Vasut wrote: >>>> On 11/16/2016 12:09 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: >>>>> debugfs_create_dir() and debugfs_create_file() returns NULL on >>>>> error or >>>>> a pointer on success. They do not return the error value with ERR_PTR. >>>>> So we should not check the return with IS_ERR_OR_NULL, instead we >>>>> should just check for NULL. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukher...@codethink.co.uk> >>>>> --- >>>>> drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c | 9 +++------ >>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c >>>>> index c76287a..9b0d79a 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c >>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c >>>>> @@ -525,15 +525,13 @@ static int nandsim_debugfs_create(struct >>>>> nandsim *dev) >>>>> { >>>>> struct nandsim_debug_info *dbg = &dev->dbg; >>>>> struct dentry *dent; >>>>> - int err; >>>>> + int err = -ENODEV; >>>> >>>> Why don't you just nuke the err altogether and just return -ENODEV ? >>> >>> That was the first version which i made and discarded before sending. I >>> will go and find it now. >> >> Why did you discard it ? >> > > That is actually a stupid reason. I was confused with the print > statement which uses err. > > NS_ERR("cannot create \"nandsim\" debugfs directory, err %d\n", > err); >
Ah, got it, so yeah, nuke the err altogether :) -- Best regards, Marek Vasut