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To: Jacob Sowles <sowlesj@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Getting debugfs mountpoint?
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 07:17:12PM -0700, Jacob Sowles wrote:
> The first instance of my code calls debugfs_create_file and stores a
> pointer to the dentry of that directory. But when the second instance
> calls debugfs_create_file, the function returns NULL because that
> directory already exists, so it doesn't return the dentry that I need.

... and?  Ever heard of that thing called "global variable"?