1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
index a02f2dddd1d7..8d44b3fea9d0 100644
--- a/kernel/kcov.c
+++ b/kernel/kcov.c
@@ -264,7 +264,12 @@ static const struct file_operations kcov_fops = {
 
 static int __init kcov_init(void)
 {
-        if (!debugfs_create_file("kcov", 0600, NULL, NULL, &kcov_fops)) {
+        /*
+         * The kcov debugfs file won't ever get removed and thus,
+         * there is no need to protect it against removal races. The
+         * use of debugfs_create_file_unsafe() is actually safe here.
+         */
+        if (!debugfs_create_file_unsafe("kcov", 0600, NULL, NULL, &kcov_fops)) {
                 pr_err("failed to create kcov in debugfs\n");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }