[PATCH for-3.6] debugfs: change parameter check indebugfs_remove() functions

From: Arend van Spriel
Date: Wed May 23 2012 - 09:14:27 EST


The dentry parameter in debugfs_remove() and debugfs_remove_recursive()
is checked being a NULL pointer. To make cleanup by callers easier this
check is extended using the IS_ERR_OR_NULL macro instead because the
debugfs_create_... functions can return a ERR_PTR() value.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
I was adding the check in driver code before calling the recursive remove,
but considered it might be a better idea to do it in debugfs itself.

No rush so I target to include it in v3.6. The patch is based on v3.4 tag.

Gr. AvS
---
fs/debugfs/inode.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index b80bc84..0de5e26 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
struct dentry *parent;
int ret;

- if (!dentry)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry))
return;

parent = dentry->d_parent;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
struct dentry *child;
struct dentry *parent;

- if (!dentry)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry))
return;

parent = dentry->d_parent;
--
1.7.9.5


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