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debugfs: Remove broken no-mount mode

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debugfs access modes were added in Linux 5.10 (Dec 2020) [1], but the
no-mount mode has behaved effectively the same as the off mode since
Linux 5.12 (Apr 2021) [2]. The only difference is the specific error
code returned by the debugfs_create_* functions, which is -ENOENT in
no-mount mode and -EPERM in off mode.

Given that no-mount hasn't worked for several years with no complaints,
just remove it.

[1] a24c6f7bc9 ("debugfs: Add access restriction option")

[2] bc6de804d3 ("debugfs: be more robust at handling improper input in debugfs_lookup()")
    56348560d4 ("debugfs: do not attempt to create a new file before the filesystem is initalized")

Signed-off-by: Aaron Thompson <dev@aaront.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251120102222.18371-3-dev@null.aaront.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Aaron Thompson
2025-11-20 10:26:33 +00:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 3ae94a55d0
commit f278809475
4 changed files with 13 additions and 33 deletions
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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@@ -1113,12 +1113,8 @@
debugfs= [KNL,EARLY] This parameter enables what is exposed to
userspace and debugfs internal clients.
Format: { on, no-mount, off }
Format: { on, off }
on: All functions are enabled.
no-mount:
Filesystem is not registered but kernel clients can
access APIs and a crashkernel can be used to read
its content. There is nothing to mount.
off: Filesystem is not registered and clients
get a -EPERM as result when trying to register files
or directories within debugfs.