linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] debugfs: Implement debugfs_create

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Message-ID: <YF2/41K4xs3ZOQdV@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:05:07 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, mgorman@...e.de, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, bristot@...hat.com,
        joshdon@...gle.com, valentin.schneider@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] debugfs: Implement debugfs_create_str()

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:33:58AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

No changelog text?  :(

> +/**
> + * debugfs_create_str - create a debugfs file that is used to read and write a string value
> + * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to create.
> + * @mode: the permission that the file should have
> + * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file.  This should be a
> + *          directory dentry if set.  If this parameter is %NULL, then the
> + *          file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
> + * @value: a pointer to the variable that the file should read to and write
> + *         from.
> + *
> + * This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that
> + * contains the value of the variable @value.  If the @mode variable is so
> + * set, it can be read from, and written to.
> + *
> + * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds.  This
> + * pointer must be passed to the debugfs_remove() function when the file is
> + * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
> + * you are responsible here.)  If an error occurs, ERR_PTR(-ERROR) will be
> + * returned.
> + *
> + * NOTE: when writing is enabled it will replace the string, string lifetime is
> + * assumed to be RCU managed.
> + *
> + * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
> + * be returned.
> + */
> +struct dentry *debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> +				   struct dentry *parent, char **value)

Please have this return void, no need for me to have to clean up
afterward later on :)

thanks,

greg k-h