The most general way to create a file within a debugfs directory is with:
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, void *data,
const struct file_operations *fops);
for simple situations. Files containing a single integer value can be
created with any of:
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_u8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u8(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u8 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_u16(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u16(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u16 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_u32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_u64(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_u64(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u64 *value);
These files support both reading and writing the given value; if a specific
values in these files are in decimal; if hexadecimal is more appropriate,
the following functions can be used instead:
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_x8(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x8(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u8 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_x16(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x16(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u16 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_x64(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x64(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u64 *value);
These functions are useful as long as the developer knows the size of the
architectures, though, complicating the situation somewhat. There is a
function meant to help out in one special case:
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
size_t *value);
Boolean values can be placed in debugfs with:
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
A read on the resulting file will yield either Y (for non-zero values) or
unsigned long size;
};
- struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+ struct dentry *debugfs_create_blob(const char *name, umode_t mode,
struct dentry *parent,
struct debugfs_blob_wrapper *blob);