Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] block: panic if block debugfs dir is not created

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Sun Apr 19 2020 - 19:08:32 EST


On 4/19/20 12:45 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
--- a/block/blk-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-debugfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ struct dentry *blk_debugfs_root;
void blk_debugfs_register(void)
{
blk_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("block", NULL);
+ if (!blk_debugfs_root)
+ panic("Failed to create block debugfs directory\n");
}

Does Linus' "don't kill the kernel" rant apply to this patch?

Thanks,

Bart.