This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
Revert "eventfs: Do not allow NULL parent to eventfs_start_creating()"
to the 6.6-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:
revert-eventfs-do-not-allow-null-parent-to-eventfs_start_creating.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 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 13:09:19 2024
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:09:06 -0500
Subject: Revert "eventfs: Do not allow NULL parent to eventfs_start_creating()"
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>
Message-ID: <20240206120946.536298441@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
This reverts commit 6abb8c223ce12078a0f2c129656a13338dfe960b.
The eventfs was not designed properly and may have some hidden bugs in it.
Linus rewrote it properly and I trust his version more than this one. Revert
the backported patches for 6.6 and re-apply all the changes to make it
equivalent to Linus's version.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -509,15 +509,20 @@ struct dentry *eventfs_start_creating(co
struct dentry *dentry;
int error;
- /* Must always have a parent. */
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent))
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
error = simple_pin_fs(&trace_fs_type, &tracefs_mount,
&tracefs_mount_count);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
+ /*
+ * If the parent is not specified, we create it in the root.
+ * We need the root dentry to do this, which is in the super
+ * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
+ * have around.
+ */
+ if (!parent)
+ parent = tracefs_mount->mnt_root;
+
if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(parent->d_inode)))
dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
else
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rostedt@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.6/eventfs-keep-all-directory-links-at-1.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-make-sure-that-parent-d_inode-is-locked-in-creating-files-dirs.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-save-directory-inodes-in-the-eventfs_inode-structure.patch
queue-6.6/revert-eventfs-save-ownership-and-mode.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-zero-out-the-tracefs_inode-when-allocating-it.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-read-ei-entries-before-ei-children-in-eventfs_iterate.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-do-not-invalidate-dentry-in-create_file-dir_dentry.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-file-and-directory-uid-and-gid-ownership.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-lookup-parameter-from-create_dir-file_dentry.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-use-gfp_nofs-for-allocation-when-eventfs_mutex-is-held.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-fsnotify-functions-from-lookup.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-use-err_cast-in-eventfs_create_events_dir.patch
queue-6.6/revert-eventfs-use-simple_recursive_removal-to-clean-up-dentries.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-use-simple_recursive_removal-to-clean-up-dentries.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-stop-using-dcache_readdir-for-getdents.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-have-event-files-and-directories-default-to-parent-uid-and-gid.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-use-eventfs_remove_events_dir.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-delete-eventfs_inode-when-the-last-dentry-is-freed.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-avoid-using-the-ei-dentry-pointer-unnecessarily.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-remove-stale-update_gid-code.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-initialize-the-tracefs-inode-properly.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-special-processing-of-dput-of-events-directory.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-save-ownership-and-mode.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-check-for-dentry-d_inode-exists-in-set_gid.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-do-ctx-pos-update-for-all-iterations-in-eventfs_iterate.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-dentry-lookup-crapectomy.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-move-taking-of-inode_lock-into-dcache_dir_open_wrapper.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-have-a-free_ei-that-just-frees-the-eventfs_inode.patch
queue-6.6/revert-eventfs-remove-is_freed-union-with-rcu-head.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-have-the-inodes-all-for-files-and-directories-all-be-the-same.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-use-kcalloc-instead-of-kzalloc.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-test-for-ei-is_freed-when-accessing-ei-dentry.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-bitwise-fields-for-is_events.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-warn_on-in-create_file_dentry.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-events-beyond-name_max-blocking-tasks.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-shortcut-eventfs_iterate-by-skipping-entries-already-read.patch
queue-6.6/revert-eventfs-do-not-allow-null-parent-to-eventfs_start_creating.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-do-not-allow-null-parent-to-eventfs_start_creating.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-do-not-create-dentries-nor-inodes-in-iterate_shared.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-have-eventfs_iterate-stop-immediately-if-ei-is_freed-is-set.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-typo-in-eventfs_inode-union-comment.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-expectation-that-ei-is_freed-means-ei-dentry-null.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-restructure-eventfs_inode-structure-to-be-more-condensed.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-warn-if-an-eventfs_inode-is-freed-without-is_freed-being-set.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-get-rid-of-dentry-pointers-without-refcounts.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-unused-d_parent-pointer-field.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-hold-eventfs_mutex-when-calling-callback-functions.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-remove-is_freed-union-with-rcu-head.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-eventfs-modify-mismatched-function-name.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-kerneldoc-of-eventfs_remove_rec.patch
queue-6.6/tracefs-eventfs-use-root-and-instance-inodes-as-default-ownership.patch
queue-6.6/revert-eventfs-check-for-null-ef-in-eventfs_set_attr.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-fix-failure-path-in-eventfs_create_events_dir.patch
queue-6.6/eventfs-clean-up-dentry-ops-and-add-revalidate-function.patch
