[PATCH] x86: mce: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

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.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pu Wen <puwen@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c     | 16 +++++---------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c   | 34 +++++-------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c | 14 +++---------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index 282916f3b8d8..fb055b9a486a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -2441,22 +2441,16 @@ static int fake_panic_set(void *data, u64 val)
 DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fake_panic_fops, fake_panic_get, fake_panic_set,
 			 "%llu\n");
 
-static int __init mcheck_debugfs_init(void)
+static void __init mcheck_debugfs_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dmce, *ffake_panic;
+	struct dentry *dmce;
 
 	dmce = mce_get_debugfs_dir();
-	if (!dmce)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	ffake_panic = debugfs_create_file_unsafe("fake_panic", 0444, dmce,
-						 NULL, &fake_panic_fops);
-	if (!ffake_panic)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
+	debugfs_create_file_unsafe("fake_panic", 0444, dmce, NULL,
+				   &fake_panic_fops);
 }
 #else
-static int __init mcheck_debugfs_init(void) { return -EINVAL; }
+static void __init mcheck_debugfs_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mcsafe_key);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
index 5d108f70f315..97a0d5384c08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
@@ -645,7 +645,6 @@ static const struct file_operations readme_fops = {
 
 static struct dfs_node {
 	char *name;
-	struct dentry *d;
 	const struct file_operations *fops;
 	umode_t perm;
 } dfs_fls[] = {
@@ -659,35 +658,16 @@ static struct dfs_node {
 	{ .name = "README",	.fops = &readme_fops, .perm = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH },
 };
 
-static int __init debugfs_init(void)
+static void __init debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	dfs_inj = debugfs_create_dir("mce-inject", NULL);
-	if (!dfs_inj)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dfs_fls); i++) {
-		dfs_fls[i].d = debugfs_create_file(dfs_fls[i].name,
-						    dfs_fls[i].perm,
-						    dfs_inj,
-						    &i_mce,
-						    dfs_fls[i].fops);
-
-		if (!dfs_fls[i].d)
-			goto err_dfs_add;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
 
-err_dfs_add:
-	while (i-- > 0)
-		debugfs_remove(dfs_fls[i].d);
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dfs_fls); i++)
+		debugfs_create_file(dfs_fls[i].name, dfs_fls[i].perm, dfs_inj,
+				    &i_mce, dfs_fls[i].fops);
 
-	debugfs_remove(dfs_inj);
-	dfs_inj = NULL;
-
-	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 static int __init inject_init(void)
@@ -697,11 +677,7 @@ static int __init inject_init(void)
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&mce_inject_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = debugfs_init();
-	if (err) {
-		free_cpumask_var(mce_inject_cpumask);
-		return err;
-	}
+	debugfs_init();
 
 	register_nmi_handler(NMI_LOCAL, mce_raise_notify, 0, "mce_notify");
 	mce_register_injector_chain(&inject_nb);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c
index 65201e180fe0..27fd6816e270 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/severity.c
@@ -404,21 +404,13 @@ static const struct file_operations severities_coverage_fops = {
 
 static int __init severities_debugfs_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *dmce, *fsev;
+	struct dentry *dmce;
 
 	dmce = mce_get_debugfs_dir();
-	if (!dmce)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	fsev = debugfs_create_file("severities-coverage", 0444, dmce, NULL,
-				   &severities_coverage_fops);
-	if (!fsev)
-		goto err_out;
 
+	debugfs_create_file("severities-coverage", 0444, dmce, NULL,
+			    &severities_coverage_fops);
 	return 0;
-
-err_out:
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 late_initcall(severities_debugfs_init);
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
-- 
2.22.0