[PATCH] soc: ti: knav_dma: remove debugfs file on teardown

Nishanth Menon nm at ti.com
Mon Jun 29 09:54:33 PDT 2026


On 17:12-20260615, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> knav_dma_probe() creates the global knav_dma debugfs file whose show
> callback walks the global kdev list. knav_dma_remove() tears down the DMA
> instances and runtime PM but leaves that debugfs file and global ready
> state behind.
> 
> Save the debugfs dentry, remove it before destroying the DMA state, and
> clear the global ready pointer state during remove.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng at iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> index e5f5e3142fc4..9277c525ac21 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_dma.c
> @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ struct knav_dma_chan {
>  			ch->channel : ch->flow)
>  
>  static struct knav_dma_pool_device *kdev;
> +static struct dentry *knav_dma_debugfs;

Similar comment as previous patch to consider moving this to
knav_dma_pool_device.

>  
>  static bool device_ready;
>  bool knav_dma_device_ready(void)
> @@ -740,8 +741,9 @@ static int knav_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		goto err_put_sync;
>  	}
>  
> -	debugfs_create_file("knav_dma", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
> -			    &knav_dma_debug_fops);
> +	knav_dma_debugfs = debugfs_create_file("knav_dma", 0444,

0444 is worth mentioning in the commit message.

> +					       NULL, NULL,
> +					       &knav_dma_debug_fops);
>  
>  	device_ready = true;
>  	return ret;
> @@ -758,6 +760,10 @@ static void knav_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct knav_dma_device *dma;
>  
> +	device_ready = false;
> +	debugfs_remove(knav_dma_debugfs);
> +	knav_dma_debugfs = NULL;
> +
>  	list_for_each_entry(dma, &kdev->list, list) {
>  		if (atomic_dec_return(&dma->ref_count) == 0)
>  			knav_dma_hw_destroy(dma);
> @@ -765,6 +771,7 @@ static void knav_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
>  	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> +	kdev = NULL;

Also worth stating in the commit message.

>  }
>  
>  static struct of_device_id of_match[] = {
> -- 
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
> 
> 

-- 
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Nishanth Menon
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