linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] [SIGNED-OFF] ext4: don't work without procfs

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Date:	Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:44:57 +0200
From:	Olaf Titz <olaf@...red.inka.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] [SIGNED-OFF] ext4: don't work without procfs

> It would make more sense as:
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> 	ext4_proc_root = proc_mkdir("fs/ext4", NULL);
>   	if (!ext4_proc_root)
>  		goto out5;
> +#endif

Looks right, but even more logical would be to guard _all_ usage of
ext4_proc_root (and, consequently, the declaration thereof) in #ifdef
CONFIG_PROC_FS. Now it's at least necessary to always do null checks.

Olaf
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