From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Instead of referencing the inode from a dentry via dentry->d_inode, use the helper function d_inode(dentry) instead. This is the considered the correct way to access it. Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211208104454.nhxyvmmn6d2qhpwl@wittgenstein/ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/tracefs/inode.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c index 925a621b432e..9899c6078c95 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c @@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ static int tracefs_syscall_rmdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry) * also the directory that is being deleted. */ inode_unlock(inode); - inode_unlock(dentry->d_inode); + inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry)); ret = tracefs_ops.rmdir(name); inode_lock_nested(inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT); - inode_lock(dentry->d_inode); + inode_lock(d_inode(dentry)); kfree(name); @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int tracefs_parse_options(char *data, struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts) static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb) { struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi = sb->s_fs_info; - struct inode *inode = sb->s_root->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = d_inode(sb->s_root); struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts; inode->i_mode &= ~S_IALLUGO; @@ -331,18 +331,18 @@ static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent) if (!parent) parent = tracefs_mount->mnt_root; - inode_lock(parent->d_inode); - if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(parent->d_inode))) + inode_lock(d_inode(parent)); + if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(d_inode(parent)))) dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); else dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name)); - if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && dentry->d_inode) { + if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && d_inode(dentry)) { dput(dentry); dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST); } if (IS_ERR(dentry)) { - inode_unlock(parent->d_inode); + inode_unlock(d_inode(parent)); simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count); } @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent) static struct dentry *failed_creating(struct dentry *dentry) { - inode_unlock(dentry->d_parent->d_inode); + inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry->d_parent)); dput(dentry); simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count); return NULL; @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static struct dentry *failed_creating(struct dentry *dentry) static struct dentry *end_creating(struct dentry *dentry) { - inode_unlock(dentry->d_parent->d_inode); + inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry->d_parent)); return dentry; } @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode, inode->i_fop = fops ? fops : &tracefs_file_operations; inode->i_private = data; d_instantiate(dentry, inode); - fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry); + fsnotify_create(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry); return end_creating(dentry); } @@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ static struct dentry *__create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, /* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */ inc_nlink(inode); d_instantiate(dentry, inode); - inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode); - fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry); + inc_nlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent)); + fsnotify_mkdir(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry); return end_creating(dentry); } -- 2.31.1