From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> If ei->is_freed is set in eventfs_iterate(), it means that the directory that is being iterated on is in the process of being freed. Just exit the loop immediately when that is ever detected, and separate out the return of the entry->callback() from ei->is_freed. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c index 72912b5f9a90..0aca6910efb3 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -788,11 +788,12 @@ static int eventfs_iterate(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx) name = entry->name; mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex); - /* If ei->is_freed, then the event itself may be too */ - if (!ei->is_freed) - r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops); - else - r = -1; + /* If ei->is_freed then just bail here, nothing more to do */ + if (ei->is_freed) { + mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex); + goto out; + } + r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops); mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex); if (r <= 0) continue; -- 2.42.0