understanding Debugfs

[swair shah]

I'm trying to understand the use of debugfs with the use of this sample
program.

#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>

#define len 200
u64 intvalue,hexvalue;
struct dentry *dirret,*fileret,*u64int,*u64hex;
char ker_buf[len];
int filevalue;
/* read file operation */
static ssize_t myreader(struct file *fp, char __user *user_buffer,
                                size_t count, loff_t *position){
     return simple_read_from_buffer(user_buffer, count, position, ker_buf,
len);
}

/* write file operation */
static ssize_t mywriter(struct file *fp, const char __user *user_buffer,
                                size_t count, loff_t *position){
        if(count > len )
                return -EINVAL;

        return simple_write_to_buffer(ker_buf, len, position, user_buffer,
count);
}

static const struct file_operations fops_debug = {
        .read = myreader,
        .write = mywriter,
};

static int __init init_debug(void)
{
    /* create a directory by the name dell in /sys/kernel/debugfs */
    dirret = debugfs_create_dir("dell", NULL);

    /* create a file in the above directory
    This requires read and write file operations */
    fileret = debugfs_create_file("text", 0644, dirret, &filevalue,
&fops_debug);

    /* create a file which takes in a int(64) value */
    u64int = debugfs_create_u64("number", 0644, dirret, &intvalue);
    if (!u64int) {
        printk("error creating int file");
        return (-ENODEV);
    }
    /* takes a hex decimal value */
    u64hex = debugfs_create_x64("hexnum", 0644, dirret, &hexvalue );
    if (!u64hex) {
        printk("error creating hex file");
        return (-ENODEV);
    }

    return (0);
}
module_init(init_debug);

static void __exit exit_debug(void){
    debugfs_remove_recursive(dirret);
}
module_exit(exit_debug);

Shouldn't it create a dir named 'dell' in sys/kernel/debug ?. (debugfs is
mounted.)
Can someone explain the use of debugfs or may be point to some good
resources?

thanks!
swair
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