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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable
On Sun, Jun 07, 2015 at 05:54:30PM -0600, Louis Langholtz wrote:
> While Rusty Russell wants the return value of sysfs_create_file
> ignored, it's annotated '__must_check'. Tejun Heo made the annotaion
> and suggests just using BUG_ON(). Meanwhile the compiler warns that
> the 'err' variable is set but unused. This patch uses Tejun's
> suggestion. This eliminates the warning, satisfies the required check,
> and fails-fast with notice if sysfs_create_file actually ever fails
> (something that Rusty says should never happen when this code runs).
>
> Signed-off-by: Louis Langholtz <lou_langholtz@me.com>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
> index a22d6a7..b04a752 100644
> --- a/kernel/params.c
> +++ b/kernel/params.c
> @@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ static void __init version_sysfs_builtin(void)
> mk = locate_module_kobject(vattr->module_name);
> if (mk) {
> err = sysfs_create_file(&mk->kobj, &vattr->mattr.attr);
> + BUG_ON(err);

Maybe BUG_ON(sysfs_create_file(...)); is simpler? Other than that,

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Thanks.

--
tejun


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