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| author | Ulf Magnusson | 2015-09-07 19:03:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman | 2015-10-04 11:36:07 +0100 |
| commit | 398dc4ad52022c3d585908544b936bdf73640727 (patch) | |
| tree | f5afefb66de48b8d0100006a9d609628740000b7 /fs/debugfs | |
| parent | 621a5f7ad9cd1ce7933f1d302067cbd58354173c (diff) | |
debugfs: document that debugfs_remove*() accepts NULL and error values
According to commit a59d6293e537 ("debugfs: change parameter check in
debugfs_remove() functions"), this is meant to make cleanup easier for
callers. In that case it ought to be documented.
Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/debugfs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/debugfs/inode.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c index c711be8d6a3c..5d8f35f1382a 100644 --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c @@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent) /** * debugfs_remove - removes a file or directory from the debugfs filesystem * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the file or directory to be - * removed. + * removed. If this parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing + * will be done. * * This function removes a file or directory in debugfs that was previously * created with a call to another debugfs function (like @@ -565,7 +566,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove); /** * debugfs_remove_recursive - recursively removes a directory - * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed. + * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed. If this + * parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing will be done. * * This function recursively removes a directory tree in debugfs that * was previously created with a call to another debugfs function |