linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] block: panic if block debugfs dir is not created

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Date:   Sun, 19 Apr 2020 16:08:25 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz,
        ming.lei@...hat.com, nstange@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     mhocko@...e.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] block: panic if block debugfs dir is not created

On 4/19/20 12:45 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> --- a/block/blk-debugfs.c
> +++ b/block/blk-debugfs.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ struct dentry *blk_debugfs_root;
>   void blk_debugfs_register(void)
>   {
>   	blk_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("block", NULL);
> +	if (!blk_debugfs_root)
> +		panic("Failed to create block debugfs directory\n");
>   }

Does Linus' "don't kill the kernel" rant apply to this patch?

Thanks,

Bart.