linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 8/8] debugfs: unproxify files created through debugfs_create_u32

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Message-Id: <1457267103-28910-9-git-send-email-nicstange@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun,  6 Mar 2016 13:25:03 +0100
From:	Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 8/8] debugfs: unproxify files created through debugfs_create_u32_array()

The struct file_operations u32_array_fops associated with files created
through debugfs_create_u32_array() has been lifetime aware already:
everything needed for subsequent operation is copied to a ->f_private
buffer at file opening time in u32_array_open(). Now, ->open() is always
protected against file removal issues by the debugfs core.

There is no need for the debugfs core to wrap the u32_array_fops
with a file lifetime managing proxy.

Make debugfs_create_u32_array() create its files in non-proxying operation
mode by means of debugfs_create_file_unsafe().

Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
---
 fs/debugfs/file.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 9d4bcd6..6a4b667 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -993,7 +993,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	data->array = array;
 	data->elements = elements;
 
-	return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, &u32_array_fops);
+	return debugfs_create_file_unsafe(name, mode, parent, data,
+					&u32_array_fops);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_u32_array);
 
-- 
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