On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 06:04:03PM +0800, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> From: "Ethan Zhao" <[email protected]>
> 
> Should check debugfs initialization with debugfs_initialized() before using 
> it,
> Because if it isn't initialized, the return value of fake 
> debugfs_create_dir() etc
> functions would be ERR_PTR(-ENODEV), checking with NULL will not work.
> 
> V3: Add warning message about debugfs not configured or disabled. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/debugfs.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/debugfs.c b/arch/x86/xen/debugfs.c
> index c8377fb..033a5dd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/debugfs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/debugfs.c
> @@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ static struct dentry *d_xen_debug;
>  
>  struct dentry * __init xen_init_debugfs(void)
>  {
> +     if (!debugfs_initialized()) {
> +             d_xen_debug = NULL;
> +             pr_warning("debugfs is not configured or enabled\n");

No, again, don't say anything, this is useless, just leave the code
as-is, it isn't causing any problems, is it?

gre gk-h
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