Re: [PATCH] USB: move usb debugfs directory creation to the usb common core

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Tue Jun 04 2019 - 08:29:13 EST



Hi,

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> index 7fcb9f782931..f3d6b1ab80cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> @@ -1185,19 +1185,17 @@ static struct notifier_block usb_bus_nb = {
> .notifier_call = usb_bus_notify,
> };
>
> -struct dentry *usb_debug_root;
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_debug_root);
> +static struct dentry *usb_devices_root;
>
> static void usb_debugfs_init(void)
> {
> - usb_debug_root = debugfs_create_dir("usb", NULL);
> - debugfs_create_file("devices", 0444, usb_debug_root, NULL,
> - &usbfs_devices_fops);
> + usb_devices_root = debugfs_create_file("devices", 0444, usb_debug_root,

don't we have a race now? Can usbcore ever probe before usb common?

--
balbi