Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: fix rmmod warn when wlan0 is renamed

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Jul 18 2022 - 07:39:55 EST


On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 12:01:57AM -0700, Tong Zhang wrote:
> There are 4 debug files created under /proc/net/[Devname]. Devname could
> be wlan0 initially, however it could be renamed later to e.g. enx00e04c000002.
> This will cause problem during debug file teardown since it uses
> netdev->name which is no longer wlan0. To solve this problem, add a
> notifier to handle device renaming.
>
> Also, due to this is purely for debuging as files are created read only,
> move this to debugfs like other NIC drivers do instead of using procfs.
>

You're doing too many things in one patch. Maybe do it like this:
patch 1: Move the functions (no functional change).
patch 2: Change to debugfs instead of procfs
patch 3: Add the notifier

regards,
dan carpenter