linux-kernel - Re: Oops in rpc_clnt_debugfs_register() from debugfs change

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Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:04:59 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, bigeasy@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: Oops in rpc_clnt_debugfs_register() from debugfs change

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 02:57:34PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > -	if (!xprt->debugfs) {
> > +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(xprt->debugfs)) {
> 
> That works, though I don't much like the idea of there being an error there.
> 
> Looking in rpc_xprt_debugfs_register() there are two now-dodgy looking checks
> on the result of debugfs calls.

now-dodgy checks are fine.  Well, they shouldn't matter, I've sent a
patch that just gets rid of those checks.

Ideally no one should need to check of debugfs is ok or not, the fact
that these functions keep getting called is a bit odd, I can look into
that some more, it shouldn't be needed...

thanks,

greg k-h