DEBUGFS_REMOVE

Section: The debugfs filesystem (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

debugfs_remove - removes a file or directory from the debugfs filesystem  

SYNOPSIS

void debugfs_remove(struct dentry * dentry);
 

ARGUMENTS

dentry

a pointer to a the dentry of the file or directory to be removed.
 

DESCRIPTION

This function removes a file or directory in debugfs that was previously created with a call to another debugfs function (like debugfs_create_file or variants thereof.)

This function is required to be called in order for the file to be removed, no automatic cleanup of files will happen when a module is removed, you are responsible here.  

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