debugfs: document that debugfs_remove*() accepts NULL and error values
According to commit a59d6293e537 ("debugfs: change parameter check in
debugfs_remove() functions"), this is meant to make cleanup easier for
callers. In that case it ought to be documented.
Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index c711be8..5d8f35f 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -533,7 +533,8 @@
/**
* debugfs_remove - removes a file or directory from the debugfs filesystem
* @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the file or directory to be
- * removed.
+ * removed. If this parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing
+ * will be done.
*
* This function removes a file or directory in debugfs that was previously
* created with a call to another debugfs function (like
@@ -565,7 +566,8 @@
/**
* debugfs_remove_recursive - recursively removes a directory
- * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed.
+ * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed. If this
+ * parameter is NULL or an error value, nothing will be done.
*
* This function recursively removes a directory tree in debugfs that
* was previously created with a call to another debugfs function
