linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regmap: debugfs: Fix name collision without atomic operations

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Message-ID: <2025030418-pucker-flypaper-abac@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:10:51 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Zxyan Zhu <zxyan20@....com>
Cc: broonie@...nel.org, rafael@...nel.org, dakr@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: debugfs: Fix name collision without atomic
 operations

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 08:22:21PM +0800, Zxyan Zhu wrote:
> A global variable caused debugfs name conflicts during re-entry,

What global variable?

> leading to creation failures. Use atomic operations to ensure safe
> and unique naming.

Naming of what, the variables or the debugfs file?

confused,

greg k-h