Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] iommu - Enable debugfs exposure of IOMMU driver internals

From: Gary R Hook
Date: Tue Jun 12 2018 - 14:39:16 EST


On 06/05/2018 12:08 PM, Greg KH wrote:
On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 12:01:41PM -0500, Gary R Hook wrote:
+/**
+ * iommu_debugfs_new_driver_dir - create a vendor directory under debugfs/iommu
+ * @vendor: name of the vendor-specific subdirectory to create
+ *
+ * This function is called by an IOMMU driver to create the top-level debugfs
+ * directory for that driver.
+ *
+ * Return: upon success, a pointer to the dentry for the new directory.
+ * NULL in case of failure.
+ */
+struct dentry *iommu_debugfs_new_driver_dir(const char *vendor)
+{
+ struct dentry *d_new;
+
+ d_new = debugfs_create_dir(vendor, iommu_debugfs_dir);
+
+ return d_new;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_debugfs_new_driver_dir);

Why are you wrapping a debugfs call? Why not just export
iommu_debugfs_dir instead?

It was a choice, as I stated in my other post. It is not a requirement.
If you resolutely reject this approach, that's fine. I'll change it, no
worries.

Either is fine, but if it stays, it should stay a single line function
:)

thanks,

greg k-h


Then I shall leave it as a black-box function. Single line, of course.

Thank you.