On Fri 27-10-17 01:35:36, weiping zhang wrote: > 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(-) These functions get called only on system boot - ENOMEM in those cases is generally considered fatal and oopsing is acceptable result. So I don't think this patch is needed. Honza > > 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 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- 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>