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Subject[Patch] debugfs: Remove misleading comments.
[This goes on top of Peter's symlink patch.]

From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>

Just mention which error will be returned if debugfs is disabled. Callers
should be able to figure out themselves what they need to check.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>

---
fs/debugfs/inode.c | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -212,9 +212,7 @@ static int debugfs_create_by_name(const
* you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
*
* If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
- * returned. It is not wise to check for this value, but rather, check for
- * %NULL or !%NULL instead as to eliminate the need for #ifdef in the calling
- * code.
+ * returned.
*/
struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, void *data,
@@ -264,9 +262,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_file);
* you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
*
* If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
- * returned. It is not wise to check for this value, but rather, check for
- * %NULL or !%NULL instead as to eliminate the need for #ifdef in the calling
- * code.
+ * returned.
*/
struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
{
@@ -297,9 +293,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_dir);
* returned.
*
* If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
- * returned. It is not wise to check for this value, but rather, check for
- * %NULL or !%NULL instead as to eliminate the need for #ifdef in the calling
- * code.
+ * returned.
*/
struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
const char *target)
-
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