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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:44:25 +0800 From: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com> To: <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] debugfs: update commits of debugfs_remove Please ignore this patch, I make a spelling mistake. On 2015/10/14 10:53, Tan Xiaojun wrote: > This function debugfs_remove can't remove a directory if it is not > empty. The commits make misunderstood and cause misuse easily, so > update it. > > Signed-off-by: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com> > --- > fs/debugfs/inode.c | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c > index c711be8..350754e 100644 > --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c > @@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent) > } > > /** > - * debugfs_remove - removes a file or directory from the debugfs filesystem > + * debugfs_remove - removes a file or an empty directory from the debugfs > + * filesystem > * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the file or directory to be > * removed. > * > @@ -542,6 +543,9 @@ static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent) > * This function is required to be called in order for the file to be > * removed, no automatic cleanup of files will happen when a module is > * removed, you are responsible here. > + * > + * For removing directory, if you are not sure it is empty or not, use > + * debugfs_remove_recursive instead. > */ > void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry) > { > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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