There is no need to keep the dentry pointer around for the created debugfs file, as it is only needed when removing it from the system. When it is to be removed, ask debugfs itself for the pointer, to save on storage and make things a bit simpler.
Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- kernel/time/test_udelay.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c index 77c63005dc4e..13b11eb62685 100644 --- a/kernel/time/test_udelay.c +++ b/kernel/time/test_udelay.c @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ #define DEBUGFS_FILENAME "udelay_test" static DEFINE_MUTEX(udelay_test_lock); -static struct dentry *udelay_test_debugfs_file; static int udelay_test_usecs; static int udelay_test_iterations = DEFAULT_ITERATIONS; @@ -138,8 +137,8 @@ static const struct file_operations udelay_test_debugfs_ops = { static int __init udelay_test_init(void) { mutex_lock(&udelay_test_lock); - udelay_test_debugfs_file = debugfs_create_file(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, - S_IRUSR, NULL, NULL, &udelay_test_debugfs_ops); + debugfs_create_file(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, S_IRUSR, NULL, NULL, + &udelay_test_debugfs_ops); mutex_unlock(&udelay_test_lock); return 0; @@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ module_init(udelay_test_init); static void __exit udelay_test_exit(void) { mutex_lock(&udelay_test_lock); - debugfs_remove(udelay_test_debugfs_file); + debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(DEBUGFS_FILENAME, NULL)); mutex_unlock(&udelay_test_lock); } -- 2.30.1
