[PATCH v2] drm/i915: load driver even if debugfs fails

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Mon Aug 3 03:54:33 PDT 2015


On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 02:56:42PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 07:36:12PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > debugfs files are not necessary for the usual operation of the driver
> > and the device. No need to check for the return values from the debugfs
> > file creation. Even if one debugfs file fails to create we try with the
> > next debugfs file and ultimately return success always so that the
> > driver continues to load.

Does this even happen? I'm reluctant to merge patches without real-world
justification.
-Daniel

> > cleanup will clean all the created debugfs files as the list of file
> > that are created are maintained in minor->debugfs_list.
> > 
> > Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip at vectorindia.org>
> > ---
> A gentle ping.
> 
> regards
> sudip
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