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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst4
-rw-r--r--fs/debugfs/file.c15
-rw-r--r--include/linux/debugfs.h12
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
index 0f2292e367e6..71b1fee56d2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ and hexadecimal::
Boolean values can be placed in debugfs with::
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value);
+ void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, bool *value);
A read on the resulting file will yield either Y (for non-zero values) or
N, followed by a newline. If written to, it will accept either upper- or
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 54f827339c38..d4ab31e39027 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -846,20 +846,11 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_bool_wo = {
* This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that
* contains the value of the variable @value. If the @mode variable is so
* set, it can be read from, and written to.
- *
- * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This
- * pointer must be passed to the debugfs_remove() function when the file is
- * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
- * you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, ERR_PTR(-ERROR) will be
- * returned.
- *
- * If debugfs is not enabled in the kernel, the value ERR_PTR(-ENODEV) will
- * be returned.
*/
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value)
+void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+ bool *value)
{
- return debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_bool,
+ debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_bool,
&fops_bool_ro, &fops_bool_wo);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_bool);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 1fdb4343af9c..53150803eb7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, size_t *value);
void debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value);
-struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent, bool *value);
+void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent,
+ bool *value);
void debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, char **value);
@@ -295,12 +295,8 @@ static inline void debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
atomic_t *value)
{ }
-static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
- struct dentry *parent,
- bool *value)
-{
- return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-}
+static inline void debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *parent, bool *value) { }
static inline void debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,