There is no need to keep the dentry pointer around for the created debugfs file, as it is only needed when removing it from the system. When it is to be removed, ask debugfs itself for the pointer, to save on storage and make things a bit simpler. Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c | 7 +++---- drivers/usb/host/sl811.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c index 115ced0d93e1..d49fb656d34b 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811-hcd.c @@ -1496,14 +1496,13 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(sl811h_debug); /* expect just one sl811 per system */ static void create_debug_file(struct sl811 *sl811) { - sl811->debug_file = debugfs_create_file("sl811h", S_IRUGO, - usb_debug_root, sl811, - &sl811h_debug_fops); + debugfs_create_file("sl811h", S_IRUGO, usb_debug_root, sl811, + &sl811h_debug_fops); } static void remove_debug_file(struct sl811 *sl811) { - debugfs_remove(sl811->debug_file); + debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("sl811h", usb_debug_root)); } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.h b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.h index 2abe51a5db44..ba8c9aa7dee8 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/host/sl811.h +++ b/drivers/usb/host/sl811.h @@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ struct sl811 { void __iomem *addr_reg; void __iomem *data_reg; struct sl811_platform_data *board; - struct dentry *debug_file; unsigned long stat_insrmv; unsigned long stat_wake; -- 2.30.1