we should make sure parents directory exist, and then create dir or files under that. Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 74b52dfd5852..81f4a86ebbed 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ static const struct file_operations bdi_debug_stats_fops = { static void bdi_debug_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *name) { - bdi->debug_dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, bdi_debug_root); - bdi->debug_stats = debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, bdi->debug_dir, - bdi, &bdi_debug_stats_fops); + if (bdi_debug_root) + bdi->debug_dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, bdi_debug_root); + if (bdi->debug_dir) + bdi->debug_stats = debugfs_create_file("stats", 0444, + bdi->debug_dir, bdi, &bdi_debug_stats_fops); } static void bdi_debug_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) -- 2.14.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>