linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] regulator: Ensure unique regulator debugfs directory names

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Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:54:43 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Tull <atull@...nsource.altera.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] regulator: Ensure unique regulator debugfs
 directory names

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:28:05AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> If multiple regulator devices of the same type exist in a system,
> the regulator driver assigns generic names for the regulators it
> provides, and debugfs is enabled, the regulator subsystem attempts
> to create multiple entries with the same name in the regulator debugfs
> directory. This fails for all but the first regulator, resulting in
> multiple "Failed to create debugfs directory" log entries.

Applied, thanks.

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