linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: vmw_balloon: remove dentry pointer for debugfs

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Message-ID: <3B46EBB3-3BB5-438C-9576-151052A368F4@vmware.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:42:53 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pv-drivers <Pv-drivers@...are.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: vmw_balloon: remove dentry pointer for debugfs

> On Feb 16, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> There is no need to keep the dentry pointer around for the created
> debugfs file, as it is only needed when removing it from the system.
> When it is to be removed, ask debugfs itself for the pointer, to save on
> storage and make things a bit simpler.
> 
> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
> Cc: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---

Thanks for the cleanup.

Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>