Initialize debugfs_root to -ENODEV so that if the client never sets a valid debugfs root the debugfs files will not be created. A NULL pointer passed to any of the debugfs_create_*() functions means "create in the root of debugfs". It doesn't mean "ignore". Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c index 79d4254d1f9b..9f3d665cfdcf 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void cs_dsp_cleanup_debugfs(struct cs_dsp *dsp) { cs_dsp_debugfs_clear(dsp); debugfs_remove_recursive(dsp->debugfs_root); - dsp->debugfs_root = NULL; + dsp->debugfs_root = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cs_dsp_cleanup_debugfs, FW_CS_DSP); #else @@ -2246,6 +2246,11 @@ static int cs_dsp_common_init(struct cs_dsp *dsp) mutex_init(&dsp->pwr_lock); +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS + /* Ensure this is invalid if client never provides a debugfs root */ + dsp->debugfs_root = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); +#endif + return 0; } -- 2.30.2