linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] debugfs: Add debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <20151018051013.GA20643@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Oct 2015 22:10:13 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	stern@...land.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] debugfs: Add debugfs_create_ulong()

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:25:55AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 10/15, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 14-10-15, 11:51, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > On 10/09, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > > > +struct dentry *debugfs_create_xlong(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > > > +				    struct dentry *parent, unsigned long *value)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_xlong);
> > > 
> > > Were you going to refresh this on my debugfs_create_mode()
> > > patches? Otherwise the patch looks fine to me.
> > 
> > I thought you need to refresh your set as I posted this before you
> > have :)
> > 
> 
> :)
> 
> Well this patch is creating xlong without any
> read-only/write-only ops, so it has the same potential problems
> as what the debugfs_create_mode() series was fixing. I'm fine
> either way though.

Viresh, please rebase your patch on top of Stephen's series, it should
make your patch much smaller.  I've applied his series to my tree now.

thanks,

greg k-h
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