Linus Torvalds wrote:
I think "must_check" is an abomination. It makes the callee dictate what
the caller has to do, but dammit, if the callee really "knows" its errors
are that serious, it should damn well handle them itself.
The whole "sysfs_create_file()" thing is an example of that. If it fails,
it fails. The caller can't do anythign about it anyway, except perhaps
print a message. Why the hell does such a function have the "right" to
dictate what the user should do?
Well, that's just how OO fascists think. An object dictates to the user
what he/she can do with it, as opposed to the user can do what he
wants/needs.
Tim
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