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    SubjectRe: check device_create_file() return code in usb_create_sysfs_intf_files()
    On (03/24/11 10:55), Alan Stern wrote:
    > > I just noticed that usb_create_sysfs_intf_files() ignores device_create_file()
    > > return code and sets intf->sysfs_files_created to 1, even if sysfs_add_file_mode()
    > > returned -ENOMEM (or later sysfs_add_one() returned -EEXIST).
    > >
    > > Shouldn't we check retval for 0 before setting intf->sysfs_files_created?
    >
    > No. We want this routine to succeed even if the sysfs files can't be
    > created. The interface string attribute is more or less optional.
    >
    > It would be okay to add a comment explaining this, so that other people
    > don't make the same mistake (which has already happened -- you're not
    > the first).
    >

    Thanks. Sorry for the noise then.
    Well, in that case, I guess, `int retval;' can be removed, since it's
    unused.


    Best,
    Sergey
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