Re: [PATCH] f2fs: remove bulk remove_proc_entry() and unnecessary kobject_del()

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 11:54:59 EST


On 04/13, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2023/4/7 3:16, Yangtao Li wrote:
> > Convert to use remove_proc_subtree() and kill kobject_del() directly.
> > kobject_put() actually covers kobject removal automatically, which is
> > single stage removal.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/f2fs/sysfs.c | 15 ++-------------
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> > index dfbd17802549..3aad3500a701 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> > @@ -1461,25 +1461,14 @@ int f2fs_register_sysfs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > void f2fs_unregister_sysfs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > {
> > - if (sbi->s_proc) {
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_IOSTAT
> > - remove_proc_entry("iostat_info", sbi->s_proc);
> > -#endif
> > - remove_proc_entry("segment_info", sbi->s_proc);
> > - remove_proc_entry("segment_bits", sbi->s_proc);
> > - remove_proc_entry("victim_bits", sbi->s_proc);
> > - remove_proc_entry("discard_plist_info", sbi->s_proc);
> > - remove_proc_entry(sbi->sb->s_id, f2fs_proc_root);
> > - }
> > + if (sbi->s_proc)
> > + remove_proc_subtree(sbi->sb->s_id, f2fs_proc_root);
> > - kobject_del(&sbi->s_stat_kobj);
>
> - f2fs_register_sysfs
> - kobject_init_and_add(&sbi->s_stat_kobj, ..)
>
> /**
> * kobject_init_and_add() - Initialize a kobject structure and add it to
> * the kobject hierarchy.
> ...
> *
> * This function combines the call to kobject_init() and kobject_add().
> ...
> */
>
> /**
> * kobject_del() - Unlink kobject from hierarchy.
> * @kobj: object.
> *
> * This is the function that should be called to delete an object
> * successfully added via kobject_add().
> */
>
> Am I missing something?

kobject_put -> kobject_cleanup was supposed to do it?

>
> Thanks,
>
> > kobject_put(&sbi->s_stat_kobj);
> > wait_for_completion(&sbi->s_stat_kobj_unregister);
> > - kobject_del(&sbi->s_feature_list_kobj);
> > kobject_put(&sbi->s_feature_list_kobj);
> > wait_for_completion(&sbi->s_feature_list_kobj_unregister);
> > - kobject_del(&sbi->s_kobj);
> > kobject_put(&sbi->s_kobj);
> > wait_for_completion(&sbi->s_kobj_unregister);
> > }