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+/// Use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE rather than DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
+/// for debugfs files.
+///
+//# Rationale: DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE + debugfs_create_file()
+//# imposes some significant overhead as compared to
+//# DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE + debugfs_create_file_unsafe().
+//
+// Copyright (C): 2016 Nicolai Stange
+// Options: --no-includes
+//
+
+virtual context
+virtual patch
+virtual org
+virtual report
+
+@dsa@
+declarer name DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE;
+identifier dsa_fops;
+expression dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt;
+position p;
+@@
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE@p(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
+
+@dcf@
+expression name, mode, parent, data;
+identifier dsa.dsa_fops;
+@@
+debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, &dsa_fops)
+
+
+@context_dsa depends on context && dcf@
+declarer name DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE;
+identifier dsa.dsa_fops;
+expression dsa.dsa_get, dsa.dsa_set, dsa.dsa_fmt;
+@@
+* DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
+
+
+@patch_dcf depends on patch expression@
+expression name, mode, parent, data;
+identifier dsa.dsa_fops;
+@@
+- debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, &dsa_fops)
++ debugfs_create_file_unsafe(name, mode, parent, data, &dsa_fops)
+
+@patch_dsa depends on patch_dcf && patch@
+identifier dsa.dsa_fops;
+expression dsa.dsa_get, dsa.dsa_set, dsa.dsa_fmt;
+@@
+- DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
++ DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
+
+
+@script:python depends on org && dcf@
+fops << dsa.dsa_fops;
+p << dsa.p;
+@@
+msg="%s should be defined with DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE" % (fops)
+coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg)
+
+@script:python depends on report && dcf@
+fops << dsa.dsa_fops;
+p << dsa.p;
+@@
+msg="WARNING: %s should be defined with DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE" % (fops)
+coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)