From nobody Thu Dec 18 18:00:53 2025 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07082C197A0 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232520AbjKTXQ0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:16:26 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58286 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229504AbjKTXQU (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:16:20 -0500 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA1D8C9 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:16:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 96A77C433C8; Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf with local (Exim 4.97-RC3) (envelope-from ) id 1r5DVG-00000002Obr-37eR; Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:16:30 -0500 Message-ID: <20231120231630.606101643@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.67 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:15:54 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Masami Hiramatsu , Mark Rutland , Andrew Morton Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 1/2] eventfs: Remove expectation that ei->is_freed means ei->dentry == NULL References: <20231120231553.374392736@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" The logic to free the eventfs_inode (ei) use to set is_freed and clear the "dentry" field under the eventfs_mutex. But that changed when a race was found where the ei->dentry needed to be cleared when the last dput() was called on it. But there was still logic that checked if ei->dentry was not NULL and is_freed is set, and would warn if it was. But since that situation was changed and the ei->dentry isn't cleared until the last dput() is called on it while the ei->is_freed is set, do not test for that condition anymore, and change the comments to reflect that. Fixes: 020010fbfa20 ("eventfs: Delete eventfs_inode when the last dentry is= freed") Reported-by: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) --- fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c index f8a594a50ae6..f239b2b507a4 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ /* * eventfs_mutex protects the eventfs_inode (ei) dentry. Any access * to the ei->dentry must be done under this mutex and after checking - * if ei->is_freed is not set. The ei->dentry is released under the - * mutex at the same time ei->is_freed is set. If ei->is_freed is set - * then the ei->dentry is invalid. + * if ei->is_freed is not set. When ei->is_freed is set, the dentry + * is on its way to being freed after the last dput() is made on it. */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex); =20 /* * The eventfs_inode (ei) itself is protected by SRCU. It is released from * its parent's list and will have is_freed set (under eventfs_mutex). - * After the SRCU grace period is over, the ei may be freed. + * After the SRCU grace period is over and the last dput() is called + * the ei is freed. */ DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(eventfs_srcu); =20 @@ -365,12 +365,14 @@ create_file_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int idx, * created the dentry for this e_dentry. In which case * use that one. * - * Note, with the mutex held, the e_dentry cannot have content - * and the ei->is_freed be true at the same time. + * If ei->is_freed is set, the e_dentry is currently on its + * way to being freed, don't return it. If e_dentry is NULL + * it means it was already freed. */ - dentry =3D *e_dentry; - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(dentry && ei->is_freed)) + if (ei->is_freed) dentry =3D NULL; + else + dentry =3D *e_dentry; /* The lookup does not need to up the dentry refcount */ if (dentry && !lookup) dget(dentry); @@ -473,8 +475,8 @@ create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *pei, struct eve= ntfs_inode *ei, * created the dentry for this e_dentry. In which case * use that one. * - * Note, with the mutex held, the e_dentry cannot have content - * and the ei->is_freed be true at the same time. + * If ei->is_freed is set, the e_dentry is currently on its + * way to being freed. */ dentry =3D ei->dentry; if (dentry && !lookup) --=20 2.42.0