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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:32:14 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To:     Peter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@sony.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: remove return value check of debugfs_create_dir()
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 02:20:45PM +0200, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> On 4/24/23 13:54, Mark Brown wrote:

> > This is very much a question of taste with a range of use cases
> > available.

> No.=20
> https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1901.2/05993.html
> We can do things with the debug information without filesystem enabled.

There's issues with partially created debugfs structures getting in the
way of people trying to debug things, just completely ignoring all
errors can create confusion as the diagnostic information people believe
is being shown to them ends up being partial or mistructured without any
indication that this has happened.

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