From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Jacob Sowles <sowlesj@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Getting debugfs mountpoint?
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:27:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120915022739.GT13973@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+cF-pt5_SENuizLXjQOSC4gJ8hMOnc9SamALLU77RWvwFa-sQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 07:17:12PM -0700, Jacob Sowles wrote:
> The first instance of my code calls debugfs_create_file and stores a
> pointer to the dentry of that directory. But when the second instance
> calls debugfs_create_file, the function returns NULL because that
> directory already exists, so it doesn't return the dentry that I need.
... and? Ever heard of that thing called "global variable"?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-15 2:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-15 1:49 Getting debugfs mountpoint? Jacob Sowles
2012-09-15 1:57 ` Al Viro
2012-09-15 2:07 ` Jacob Sowles
2012-09-15 2:11 ` Al Viro
2012-09-15 2:17 ` Jacob Sowles
2012-09-15 2:19 ` Jacob Sowles
2012-09-15 2:27 ` Al Viro [this message]
2012-09-16 20:23 ` Rob Landley
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