Revert "configfs: Allow ->make_item() and ->make_group() to return detailed errors."

This reverts commit 11c3b79218390a139f2d474ee1e983a672d5839a.  The code
will move to PTR_ERR().

Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c
index 0b422acd470c..25151fd5c2c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ static inline struct simple_children *to_simple_children(struct config_item *ite
 	return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item), struct simple_children, group) : NULL;
 }
 
-static int simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name, struct config_item **new_item)
+static struct config_item *simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
 {
 	struct simple_child *simple_child;
 
 	simple_child = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_child), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!simple_child)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return NULL;
 
 
 	config_item_init_type_name(&simple_child->item, name,
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ static int simple_children_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *nam
 
 	simple_child->storeme = 0;
 
-	*new_item = &simple_child->item;
-	return 0;
+	return &simple_child->item;
 }
 
 static struct configfs_attribute simple_children_attr_description = {
@@ -360,21 +359,20 @@ static struct configfs_subsystem simple_children_subsys = {
  * children of its own.
  */
 
-static int group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name, struct config_group **new_group)
+static struct config_group *group_children_make_group(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
 {
 	struct simple_children *simple_children;
 
 	simple_children = kzalloc(sizeof(struct simple_children),
 				  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!simple_children)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return NULL;
 
 
 	config_group_init_type_name(&simple_children->group, name,
 				    &simple_children_type);
 
-	*new_group = &simple_children->group;
-	return 0;
+	return &simple_children->group;
 }
 
 static struct configfs_attribute group_children_attr_description = {