linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio-tegra: Do not create the debugfs entry by default

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Date:	Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:49:01 +0100
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Cc:	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	swarren@...dotorg.org, gnurou@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio-tegra: Do not create the debugfs entry by default

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 04:07:10PM +0000, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> The tegra gpio driver creates the debugfs entry irrespective of
> whether the device exists or not. This is enabled on an arm64_defconfig
> and leaves an entry in debugfs on all platforms where it is not
> useful. This patch fixes the issue by creating the entry only when
> a device exists.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-tegra.c |  105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

Yikes, good catch!

Acked-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>

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