When a file/directory is already present in debugfs, and it is attempted
to be created again, be more specific about what file/directory is being
created and where it is trying to be created to give a bit more help to
developers to figure out the problem.
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <s...@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broo...@kernel.org>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <ti...@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
fs/debugfs/inode.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 7f43c8acfcbf..5836312269e0 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -311,8 +311,13 @@ static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name,
struct dentry *parent)
inode_lock(d_inode(parent));
dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && d_really_is_positive(dentry)) {
+ if (d_is_dir(dentry))
+ pr_err("Directory '%s' with parent '%s' already
present!\n",
+ name, parent->d_name.name);
+ else
+ pr_err("File '%s' in directory '%s' already present!\n",
+ name, parent->d_name.name);
dput(dentry);
- pr_err("File '%s' already present!\n", name);
dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
}
--
2.22.0
