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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:42:54 +0000 From: Nadav Amit To: Greg Kroah-Hartman CC: LKML , Pv-drivers , Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: vmw_balloon: remove dentry pointer for debugfs Thread-Topic: [PATCH] drivers: vmw_balloon: remove dentry pointer for debugfs Thread-Index: AQHXBHYitwItKcMYT0OrYMzq0WUdnKpbP6yA Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:42:53 +0000 Message-ID: <3B46EBB3-3BB5-438C-9576-151052A368F4@vmware.com> References: <20210216151209.3954129-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20210216151209.3954129-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: linuxfoundation.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;linuxfoundation.org; dmarc=none action=none header.from=vmware.com; x-originating-ip: [24.6.216.183] x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-ms-office365-filtering-correlation-id: 22294ab8-45e0-45ed-50a0-08d8d2bb6f4b x-ms-traffictypediagnostic: BYAPR05MB5256: x-ld-processed: b39138ca-3cee-4b4a-a4d6-cd83d9dd62f0,ExtAddr x-ms-exchange-transport-forked: True x-microsoft-antispam-prvs: x-ms-oob-tlc-oobclassifiers: OLM:5797; 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charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: vmware.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: BYAPR05MB4776.namprd05.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 22294ab8-45e0-45ed-50a0-08d8d2bb6f4b X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 16 Feb 2021 20:42:53.8758 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: b39138ca-3cee-4b4a-a4d6-cd83d9dd62f0 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: IsPAk09vn10uDZ4AuzQG4AgU1+bBpBtFcrAyCQxKo5wjKoEQUyp8G5D/0YtR95NSOgcrQ8ZsQ52728w68fK9mg== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BYAPR05MB5256 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Feb 16, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >=20 > 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. >=20 > Cc: Nadav Amit > Cc: "VMware, Inc." > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > --- Thanks for the cleanup. Acked-by: Nadav Amit