Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: memblock - Handled failure of debug fs entriescreation

[Andrew Morton]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:32:26 +0530 Sasikanth babu <sasikanth.v19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Fact is, debugfs_create_dir() and debugfs_create_file() are stupid
> > interfaces which don't provide the caller (and hence the user) with any
> > information about why they failed.  Perhaps memblock_init_debugfs()
> > should return -EWESUCK.
> >
> 
>    I'm working on a patch which address this issue. debugfs_create_XXX
> calls
>    will return proper error codes, and fixing the existing code not each
> and every part  but the code
>    which handles the values returned by debufs_create_XXX otherwise it will
> break the existing
>    functionality .

Excellent!

> (any suggestions or opinions ?)

Well, don't modify the existing interfaces: create new ones and we can
migrate gradually.  But you're probably already doing that.
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