Re: [PATCH V5 net-next 1/8] debugfs: Add debugfs_create_devm_dir() helper

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 07:16:22PM +0800, Jijie Shao wrote:
> Add debugfs_create_devm_dir() helper
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@huawei.com>
> ---
>  fs/debugfs/inode.c      | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/debugfs.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
> index 38a9c7eb97e6..f682c4952a27 100644
> --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
> @@ -610,6 +610,42 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_dir);
>  
> +static void debugfs_remove_devm(void *dentry_rwa)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *dentry = dentry_rwa;
> +
> +	debugfs_remove(dentry);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * debugfs_create_devm_dir - Managed debugfs_create_dir()
> + * @dev: Device that owns the action
> + * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the directory to
> + *        create.
> + * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file.  This should be a
> + *          directory dentry if set.  If this parameter is NULL, then the
> + *          directory will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
> + * Managed debugfs_create_dir(). dentry will automatically be remove on
> + * driver detach.
> + */
> +struct dentry *debugfs_create_devm_dir(struct device *dev, const char *name,
> +				       struct dentry *parent)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *dentry;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	dentry = debugfs_create_dir(name, parent);
> +	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
> +		return dentry;
> +
> +	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, debugfs_remove_devm, dentry);
> +	if (ret)
> +		ERR_PTR(ret);

You don't clean up the directory you created if this failed?  Why not?

thanks,

greg k-h