[PATCH] drivers: vmw_balloon: remove dentry pointer for debugfs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Feb 16 2021 - 10:13:09 EST


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: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 11 +++--------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index b837e7eba5f7..f1d8ba6d4857 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -346,11 +346,6 @@ struct vmballoon {
/* statistics */
struct vmballoon_stats *stats;

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
- /* debugfs file exporting statistics */
- struct dentry *dbg_entry;
-#endif
-
/**
* @b_dev_info: balloon device information descriptor.
*/
@@ -1709,14 +1704,14 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(vmballoon_debug);

static void __init vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
{
- b->dbg_entry = debugfs_create_file("vmmemctl", S_IRUGO, NULL, b,
- &vmballoon_debug_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file("vmmemctl", S_IRUGO, NULL, b,
+ &vmballoon_debug_fops);
}

static void __exit vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
{
static_key_disable(&balloon_stat_enabled.key);
- debugfs_remove(b->dbg_entry);
+ debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("vmmemctl", NULL));
kfree(b->stats);
b->stats = NULL;
}
--
2.30.1