On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:55:14 +0200 "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This lock is part of the dentry passed to d_invalidate() > > > [ 1402.609170] ? lock_release (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5429 > > kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5773) > > [ 1402.612923] ? create_dir_dentry.part.0 (fs/tracefs/event_inode.c:387) > > [ 1402.617803] _raw_spin_lock (include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:134 > > kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154) > > [ 1402.621467] ? d_invalidate (fs/dcache.c:1725 (discriminator 1)) > > [ 1402.625126] d_invalidate (fs/dcache.c:1725 (discriminator 1)) > > [ 1402.628619] create_dir_dentry.part.0 (fs/tracefs/event_inode.c:390) > > Which is called by create_dir_dentry(). I don't see a bug > in that function, but maybe Steve has an idea. > > I see a bug ;-) Can you test this patch? Thanks! -- Steve diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c index 4d2da7480e5f..ef003149e4d3 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ create_file_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry **e_dentry, bool invalidate = false; mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex); + if (ei->is_freed) { + mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex); + return NULL; + } /* If the e_dentry already has a dentry, use it */ if (*e_dentry) { /* lookup does not need to up the ref count */ @@ -333,6 +337,10 @@ create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup) struct dentry *dentry = NULL; mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex); + if (ei->is_freed) { + mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex); + return NULL; + } if (ei->dentry) { /* If the dentry already has a dentry, use it */ dentry = ei->dentry; -- 2.42.0