Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] rust: debugfs: Bind file creation for long-lived Display

[Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 07:49:31PM +0000, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> +/// Handle to a DebugFS file.
> +#[repr(transparent)]
> +pub struct File<'a>(Dir<'a, true>);

As mentioned in [1], please create a base type Entry. While it's an improvement
to not expose things like subdir() from File directly, it's still odd to base
File on a type that has invalid methods its purpose.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aBRrniLfCzWX7nbR@pollux/

> +impl<'a> File<'a> {
> +    /// Remove the file from DebugFS.
> +    ///
> +    /// # Examples
> +    /// ```
> +    /// # use kernel::c_str;
> +    /// # use kernel::debugfs::Dir;
> +    /// let dir = Dir::new(c_str!("foo"));
> +    /// let file = dir.display_file(c_str!("bar"), &0);
> +    /// // "foo/bar" is created.
> +    /// file.remove()
> +    /// // "foo/bar" is removed"
> +    pub fn remove(self) {
> +        drop(self.0.owning())
> +    }

Same as with Dir, please make it the other way around.