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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)
>  {
> 


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