linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] aoe: do not BUG if memory pressure prevented debugfs file creation

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Date:	Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:41:21 -0400
From:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ecashin@...aid.com
Subject:  [PATCH 1/2] aoe: do not BUG if memory pressure prevented debugfs file creation

If the system has trouble allocating memory for the creation of the
aoe debugfs directory or of a file inside it, the debugfs member of
an aoedev can be NULL.

Do not treat a NULL debugfs pointer as a BUG on aoedev shutdown,
avoiding the user impact of an unecessary panic.

Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
---
 drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index d63dcf0..dd73e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ aoedisk_add_debugfs(struct aoedev *d)
 void
 aoedisk_rm_debugfs(struct aoedev *d)
 {
-	BUG_ON(d->debugfs == NULL);
 	debugfs_remove(d->debugfs);
 	d->debugfs = NULL;
 }
-- 
1.7.1

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