Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] clk: define and export __clk_get_debug for providers | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:07:37 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 25 June 2014 19:26:31 Peter De Schrijver wrote: > Define and export a new function __clk_get_debug which returns the debugfs > directory entry pointer. This can be used by clock providers to add debugfs > entries which are not related to a specific clock type. Examples include the > ability to measure the rate of a clock. It can also be used by modules to > create new debugfs entries. This is useful if you want to expose features > for testing which can potentially cause system instability such as allowing > to change a clock's rate from userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@nvidia.com> >
Just an idea, but would it be better to add a pair of functions to add/remove debugfs files rather than exposing the dentry itself?
Arnd
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