From ae91c92565494a37c30ce9a691c87890f800d826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:44:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create_regset32()
No one checks the return value of debugfs_create_regset32(), as it's not
needed, so make the return value void, so that no one tries to do so in
the future.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191122104453.GA2017837@kroah.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt | 6 +++---
fs/debugfs/file.c | 17 ++++-------------
include/linux/debugfs.h | 13 ++++++-------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index dc497b96fa4f..55336a47a110 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ file.
void __iomem *base;
};
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+ debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 634b09d18b77..db987b5110a9 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1090,21 +1090,12 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_regset32 = {
* This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that reports
* the names and values of a set of 32-bit registers. If the @mode variable
* is so set it can be read from. Writing is not supported.
- *
- * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This
- * pointer must be passed to the debugfs_remove() function when the file is
- * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
- * you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, ERR_PTR(-ERROR) will be
- * returned.
- *
- * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
- * be returned.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
{
- return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
+ debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, regset, &fops_regset32);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_regset32);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 3d013de64f70..43efcc49f061 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
struct debugfs_blob_wrapper *blob);
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
@@ -304,11 +304,10 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name,
- umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
- struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
+static inline void debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent,
+ struct debugfs_regset32 *regset)
{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
static inline void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,