linux-kernel - Re: Getting debugfs mountpoint?

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Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:17:12 -0700
From:	Jacob Sowles <sowlesj@...il.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Getting debugfs mountpoint?

The first instance of my code calls debugfs_create_file and stores a
pointer to the dentry of that directory. But when the second instance
calls debugfs_create_file, the function returns NULL because that
directory already exists, so it doesn't return the dentry that I need.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 07:07:43PM -0700, Jacob Sowles wrote:
>> Multiple instances of my code can be run simultaneously, and all
>> instances use the same debugfs directory, so I need the path to the
>> debugfs root directory so that I can use filp_open to get the dentry
>> for that directory.
>
> What's wrong with just storing a pointer to that dentry in a variable?
> And what do you want an opened file (of a directory, at that) on debugfs?
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