netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/7] ionic: keep old lif dentry

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Date:   Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:50:10 -0700
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/7] ionic: keep old lif dentry

Don't replace the lif->dentry until we know we have
a good new value.

Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
index bc03cecf80cc..5f8fc58d42b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
@@ -228,7 +228,13 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(netdev);
 
 void ionic_debugfs_add_lif(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
-	lif->dentry = debugfs_create_dir(lif->name, lif->ionic->dentry);
+	struct dentry *lif_dentry;
+
+	lif_dentry = debugfs_create_dir(lif->name, lif->ionic->dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(lif_dentry))
+		return;
+	lif->dentry = lif_dentry;
+
 	debugfs_create_file("netdev", 0400, lif->dentry,
 			    lif->netdev, &netdev_fops);
 }
-- 
2.17.1