Re: [PATCH] soc: ti: knav_dma: remove debugfs file on teardown

From: Nishanth Menon

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 12:58:04 EST


On 17:12-20260615, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> knav_dma_probe() creates the global knav_dma debugfs file whose show
> callback walks the global kdev list. knav_dma_remove() tears down the DMA
> instances and runtime PM but leaves that debugfs file and global ready
> state behind.
>
> Save the debugfs dentry, remove it before destroying the DMA state, and
> clear the global ready pointer state during remove.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c | 11 +++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> index e5f5e3142fc4..9277c525ac21 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ struct knav_dma_chan {
> ch->channel : ch->flow)
>
> static struct knav_dma_pool_device *kdev;
> +static struct dentry *knav_dma_debugfs;

Similar comment as previous patch to consider moving this to
knav_dma_pool_device.

>
> static bool device_ready;
> bool knav_dma_device_ready(void)
> @@ -740,8 +741,9 @@ static int knav_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto err_put_sync;
> }
>
> - debugfs_create_file("knav_dma", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
> - &knav_dma_debug_fops);
> + knav_dma_debugfs = debugfs_create_file("knav_dma", 0444,

0444 is worth mentioning in the commit message.

> + NULL, NULL,
> + &knav_dma_debug_fops);
>
> device_ready = true;
> return ret;
> @@ -758,6 +760,10 @@ static void knav_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct knav_dma_device *dma;
>
> + device_ready = false;
> + debugfs_remove(knav_dma_debugfs);
> + knav_dma_debugfs = NULL;
> +
> list_for_each_entry(dma, &kdev->list, list) {
> if (atomic_dec_return(&dma->ref_count) == 0)
> knav_dma_hw_destroy(dma);
> @@ -765,6 +771,7 @@ static void knav_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
> pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> + kdev = NULL;

Also worth stating in the commit message.

> }
>
> static struct of_device_id of_match[] = {
> --
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>
>

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