From: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com> According to commit a59d6293e537 ("debugfs: change parameter check in debugfs_remove() functions"), this is meant to make cleanup easier for callers. In that case it ought to be documented.
Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com> --- fs/debugfs/inode.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c index c711be8..5d8f35f 100644 --- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c @@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent) /** * debugfs_remove - removes a file or directory from the debugfs filesystem * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the file or directory to be - * removed. + * removed. If this parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing + * will be done. * * This function removes a file or directory in debugfs that was previously * created with a call to another debugfs function (like @@ -565,7 +566,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove); /** * debugfs_remove_recursive - recursively removes a directory - * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed. + * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed. If this + * parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing will be done. * * This function recursively removes a directory tree in debugfs that * was previously created with a call to another debugfs function -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/