This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
eventfs: Remove fsnotify*() functions from lookup()
to the 6.7-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
eventfs-remove-fsnotify-functions-from-lookup.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From SRS0=eEWY=JP=rostedt.homelinux.com=rostedt@xxxxxxxxxx Tue Feb 6 12:35:08 2024
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:32:20 -0500
Subject: eventfs: Remove fsnotify*() functions from lookup()
To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20240206113401.654906760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 12d823b31fadf47c8f36ecada7abac5f903cac33 upstream.
The dentries and inodes are created when referenced in the lookup code.
There's no reason to call fsnotify_*() functions when they are created by
a reference. It doesn't make any sense.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240201002719.GS2087318@ZenIV/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240201161617.166973329@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: a376007917776 ("eventfs: Implement functions to create files and dirs when accessed");
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_file(struct
dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(parent_ei);
d_add(dentry, inode);
- fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
return NULL;
};
@@ -408,7 +407,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(s
inc_nlink(inode);
d_add(dentry, inode);
inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
- fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
return NULL;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rostedt@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.7/eventfs-keep-all-directory-links-at-1.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-save-directory-inodes-in-the-eventfs_inode-structure.patch
queue-6.7/tracefs-zero-out-the-tracefs_inode-when-allocating-it.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-read-ei-entries-before-ei-children-in-eventfs_iterate.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-remove-lookup-parameter-from-create_dir-file_dentry.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-remove-fsnotify-functions-from-lookup.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-stop-using-dcache_readdir-for-getdents.patch
queue-6.7/tracefs-avoid-using-the-ei-dentry-pointer-unnecessarily.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-initialize-the-tracefs-inode-properly.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-do-ctx-pos-update-for-all-iterations-in-eventfs_iterate.patch
queue-6.7/tracefs-dentry-lookup-crapectomy.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-have-the-inodes-all-for-files-and-directories-all-be-the-same.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-use-kcalloc-instead-of-kzalloc.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-shortcut-eventfs_iterate-by-skipping-entries-already-read.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-do-not-create-dentries-nor-inodes-in-iterate_shared.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-have-eventfs_iterate-stop-immediately-if-ei-is_freed-is-set.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-restructure-eventfs_inode-structure-to-be-more-condensed.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-warn-if-an-eventfs_inode-is-freed-without-is_freed-being-set.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-get-rid-of-dentry-pointers-without-refcounts.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-remove-unused-d_parent-pointer-field.patch
queue-6.7/eventfs-clean-up-dentry-ops-and-add-revalidate-function.patch
