this patch add a check for bdi_debug_root and do error handle for it. we should make sure it was created success, otherwise when add new block device's bdi folder(eg, 8:0) will be create a debugfs root directory. Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 74b52dfd5852..5072be19d9b2 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ struct workqueue_struct *bdi_wq; static struct dentry *bdi_debug_root; -static void bdi_debug_init(void) +static int bdi_debug_init(void) { bdi_debug_root = debugfs_create_dir("bdi", NULL); + if (!bdi_debug_root) + return -ENOMEM; + return 0; } static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) @@ -126,8 +129,9 @@ static void bdi_debug_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) debugfs_remove(bdi->debug_dir); } #else -static inline void bdi_debug_init(void) +static inline int bdi_debug_init(void) { + return 0; } static inline void bdi_debug_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *name) @@ -229,12 +233,19 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(bdi_dev); static __init int bdi_class_init(void) { + int ret; + bdi_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bdi"); if (IS_ERR(bdi_class)) return PTR_ERR(bdi_class); bdi_class->dev_groups = bdi_dev_groups; - bdi_debug_init(); + ret = bdi_debug_init(); + if (ret) { + class_destroy(bdi_class); + bdi_class = NULL; + return ret; + } return 0; } -- 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>