linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: load driver even if debugfs fails

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Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:56:42 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: load driver even if debugfs fails

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 07:36:12PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> debugfs files are not necessary for the usual operation of the driver
> and the device. No need to check for the return values from the debugfs
> file creation. Even if one debugfs file fails to create we try with the
> next debugfs file and ultimately return success always so that the
> driver continues to load.
> cleanup will clean all the created debugfs files as the list of file
> that are created are maintained in minor->debugfs_list.
> 
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> ---
A gentle ping.

regards
sudip
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