[PATCH] mfd/intel-lpss: Fix DebugFS initialization

From: Maria Lisina via B4 Relay

Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 08:39:28 EST


From: Maria Lisina <sekoohaka.sarisan@xxxxxxxxx>

The original code defers DebugFS check with unnecessary warning message
which also appears when DebugFS is simply disabled.

Therefore it spams dmesg with these messages:

intel-lpss 0000:00:15.0: Failed to create debugfs entries
intel-lpss 0000:00:15.3: Failed to create debugfs entries
intel-lpss 0000:00:1e.0: Failed to create debugfs entries
intel-lpss 0000:00:1e.2: Failed to create debugfs entries

This patch adds proper checks to intel_lpss_exit() and
intel_lpss_debugfs_add() functions and removes warning message.

Signed-off-by: Maria Lisina <sekoohaka.sarisan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c b/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
index 63d6694f71457b2e09d238af0a9bfb897a169a64..51550c1835c695b9081b33c67f81c19fee5e1652 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c
@@ -146,9 +146,12 @@ static int intel_lpss_debugfs_add(struct intel_lpss *lpss)
{
struct dentry *dir;

+ if (!intel_lpss_debugfs) {
+ lpss->debugfs = NULL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
dir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(lpss->dev), intel_lpss_debugfs);
- if (IS_ERR(dir))
- return PTR_ERR(dir);

/* Cache the values into lpss structure */
intel_lpss_cache_ltr(lpss);
@@ -432,10 +435,7 @@ int intel_lpss_probe(struct device *dev,
goto err_clk_register;

intel_lpss_ltr_expose(lpss);
-
- ret = intel_lpss_debugfs_add(lpss);
- if (ret)
- dev_warn(dev, "Failed to create debugfs entries\n");
+ intel_lpss_debugfs_add(lpss);

if (intel_lpss_has_idma(lpss)) {
ret = mfd_add_devices(dev, lpss->devid, &intel_lpss_idma64_cell,
@@ -539,6 +539,13 @@ EXPORT_NS_GPL_DEV_PM_OPS(intel_lpss_pm_ops, INTEL_LPSS) = {
static int __init intel_lpss_init(void)
{
intel_lpss_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir("intel_lpss", NULL);
+
+ /* Ensure intel_lpss_debugfs stays NULL on error,
+ * so intel_lpss_debugfs_add exits properly.
+ */
+ if (IS_ERR(intel_lpss_debugfs))
+ intel_lpss_debugfs = NULL;
+
return 0;
}
module_init(intel_lpss_init);

---
base-commit: 2f0c1cf72f4682178506f513bbf015e591b1aa4a
change-id: 20260913-intel-lpss-debugfs-eff3580d1295

Best regards,
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Maria Lisina <sekoohaka.sarisan@xxxxxxxxx>