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Using DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE macro with the debugfs_create_file() function adds the overhead of introducing a proxy file operation functions to wrap the original read/write inside file removal protection functions. This adds significant overhead in terms of introducing and managing the proxy factory file operations structure and function wrapping at runtime. As a replacement, a combination of DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE macro paired with debugfs_create_file_unsafe() is suggested to be used instead. The DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE utilises debugfs_file_get() and debugfs_file_put() wrappers to protect the original read and write function calls for the debug attributes. There is no need for any runtime proxy file operations to be managed by the debugfs core. Following coccicheck make command helped identify this change: make coccicheck M=drivers/gpu/drm/i915/ MODE=patch COCCI=./scripts/coccinelle/api/debugfs/debugfs_simple_attr.cocci Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com> Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/5d26e924ec8dea21925c77fa79a2bf2a34cef705.1673451705.git.drv@mailo.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.