Re: [PATCH] kernel/params.c: make use of unused but set variable

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

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