This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
eventfs: Remove unused d_parent pointer field
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-unused-d_parent-pointer-field.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 12:33:33 2024
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:32:15 -0500
Subject: eventfs: Remove unused d_parent pointer field
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>
Message-ID: <20240206113400.846719926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 408600be78cdb8c650a97ecc7ff411cb216811b5 upstream.
It's never used
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/202401291043.e62e89dc-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240131185512.961772428@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: c1504e510238 ("eventfs: Implement eventfs dir creation functions")
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 +---
fs/tracefs/internal.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -680,10 +680,8 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
- if (!parent->is_freed) {
+ if (!parent->is_freed)
list_add_tail(&ei->list, &parent->children);
- ei->d_parent = parent->dentry;
- }
mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
/* Was the parent freed? */
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ struct eventfs_attr {
* @name: the name of the directory to create
* @children: link list into the child eventfs_inode
* @dentry: the dentry of the directory
- * @d_parent: pointer to the parent's dentry
* @d_children: The array of dentries to represent the files when created
* @entry_attrs: Saved mode and ownership of the @d_children
* @attr: Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
const char *name;
struct list_head children;
struct dentry *dentry; /* Check is_freed to access */
- struct dentry *d_parent;
struct dentry **d_children;
struct eventfs_attr *entry_attrs;
struct eventfs_attr attr;
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
