linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: mbx: fix up debugfs file creation

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Message-ID: <0d953f69-f112-6e1b-0ba3-02ce56e8d1c5@samsung.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 18:27:27 +0100
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: mbx: fix up debugfs file creation


On 01/22/2019 04:21 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> There is no need to keep the dentries around for the individual debugfs
> files, just delete the whole directory all at once at shutdown instead.
> 
> This also fixes a tiny memory leak where the memory for the pointers to
> the file dentries was never freed when the device shut down, as well as
> making the logic of the code a lot simpler.
> 
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Patch queued for v5.1, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics