[PATCH] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix error check return value of debugfs_create_dir()

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Tue Apr 19 14:55:52 PDT 2022


On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 01:58:32AM +0000, cgel.zte at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi at zte.com.cn>
> 
> If an error occurs, debugfs_create_file() will return ERR_PTR(-ERROR),
> so use IS_ERR() to check it.

Please take a look at for example:

https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.2/06005.html
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.2/06006.html
https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.2/05993.html

This is the author of debugfs remove exactly the sort of code you are
adding.

Please teach the Zeal Bot that such code is wrong, and you should be
submitting patches to actually remove testing the return values for
anything which starts with debugfs_

	Andrew



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