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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2] driver core: add a debugfs entry to show deferred devices
On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:55:20PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 9:33 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas
> > <javierm@redhat.com> wrote:
> >> For debugging purposes it may be useful to know what are the devices whose
> >> probe function was deferred. Add a debugfs entry showing that information.
>
> >> +static int deferred_devs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> >> +{
> >> + return single_open(file, deferred_devs_show, inode->i_private);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static const struct file_operations deferred_devs_fops = {
> >> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> >> + .open = deferred_devs_open,
> >> + .read = seq_read,
> >> + .llseek = seq_lseek,
> >> + .release = single_release,
> >> +};
> >
> > Isn't this DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE() ?
>
> Besides that, you are summoning Greg's dark side :-)
> See below.
>
> >> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)) {
> >> + deferred_devices = debugfs_create_file("deferred_devices",
> >> + 0444, NULL, NULL,
> >> + &deferred_devs_fops);
>
> >> + if (!deferred_devices)
> >> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> This must not prevent the execution. So, the check introduces actually
> a regression.

Awe, you beat me to it :)

Also, I don't usually comment on RFC patches, as that shows the author
really doesn't think that the code is ready to be reviewed/merged...

thanks,

greg k-h

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