netdev - Re: [PATCH] wil6210: fix debugfs_simple

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Date:   Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:04:42 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        <wil6210@....qualcomm.com>, <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wil6210: fix debugfs_simple_attr.cocci warnings

YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com> writes:

> Use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE rather than DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
> for debugfs files.
>
> Semantic patch information:
> Rationale: DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE + debugfs_create_file()
> imposes some significant overhead as compared to
> DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE + debugfs_create_file_unsafe().
>
> Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/debugfs/debugfs_simple_attr.cocci

Just out of curiosity, what kind of overhead are we talking about here?

-- 
Kalle Valo