From e99efa8ac8fd9cebca99652cb55b277b7200455e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timur Tabi Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:39:58 -0500 Subject: docs: debugfs: do not recommend debugfs_remove_recursive Update the debugfs documentation to indicate that debugfs_remove() should be used to clean up debugfs entries. In commit a3d1e7eb5abe ("simple_recursive_removal(): kernel-side rm -rf for ramfs-style filesystems"), function debugfs_remove_recursive() was made into an alias for debugfs_remove(): #define debugfs_remove_recursive debugfs_remove Therefore, drivers should just use debugfs_remove() going forward. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429173958.3973958-1-ttabi@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst b/Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst index 46becda8764b..aca08f457793 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/debugging/driver_development_debugging_guide.rst @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The general idea is: ``my_variable`` - Clean up the directory when removing the device - (``debugfs_remove_recursive(parent);``) + (``debugfs_remove(parent);``) For the full documentation see :doc:`/filesystems/debugfs`. -- cgit v1.2.3