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lindebugfs: check that name is set as otherwise pfs_alloc_node_flags() panics
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Authored by bz on Jan 29 2026, 6:14 PM.
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I have hit the case multiple times that some LinuxKPI field may not be
set during driver bringup and lindebugfs would cause a panic.
The backtrace goes like:

strlen() at strlen+0x54
pfs_create_dir() at pfs_create_dir+0x41
debugfs_create_dir() at debugfs_create_dir+0xa1
...

We likely should at least add an assert to pfs_create_dir() if
name is NULL like we have for pfs_add_node() but for lindebugfs at
least make this a graceful error and continue without creating
the dir instead of panicing.

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