Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:30:03 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] USB-related oops in sysfs with linux v2.6.23-rc3-50-g28e8351 |
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Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:54:43 +0900, > Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Alan Stern wrote: >>> I think we can simply remove the error message. There's no obvious >>> reason why sysfs_remove_bin_file() should complain about attempts to >>> remove a nonexistent file; sysfs_remove_file() doesn't. >>> >>> This patch will get rid of the annoying error messages. It won't do >>> anything about your keyboard's tendency to spontaneously stop working, >>> alas. >> Agreed but I think sysfs_remove_bin_file() should relay the return value >> from sysfs_has_and_remove() to the caller. > > Three comments: > > - Randy made sysfs_remove_bin_file() return void in commit > 995982ca79d9262869513948ec7c540f32035491. > > - For symmetry reasons, sysfs_remove_file() should then also pass the > return value on. > > - I'm not sure who wants to care whether they removed an existing or > non-existing file. But maybe I'm just unimaginative.
Hmmm... Well, failure information is lost there, so I was a bit worried. It probably doesn't really matter and can be easily changed later if needed. If sysfs_remove_file() returns void, I have no objection.
Thanks.
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