Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:34:26 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2]drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c Fix variable 'retval' set but not used |
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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > Failure to create a file in sysfs is almost never fatal and usually not > > even dangerous. Ignoring the error is generally better than failing > > the entire operation. > > Then why the __must_check attribute if it's usually ignorable? I thought > that was reserved for functions that you damned sight better well check > for errors because bad things are afoot otherwise?
That's a good question. Perhaps Greg KH knows the answer.
Alan Stern
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