This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Revert "eventfs: Remove "is_freed" union with rcu head" 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-remove-is_freed-union-with-rcu-head.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 07:09:11 -0500 Subject: Revert "eventfs: Remove "is_freed" union with rcu head" 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: <20240206120947.351905829@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> This reverts commit fa18a8a0539b02cc621938091691f0b73f0b1288. 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/event_inode.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode { * @fop: file_operations for file or directory * @iop: inode_operations for file or directory * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on - * @is_freed: Flag set if the eventfs is on its way to be freed * @mode: the permission that the file or directory should have */ struct eventfs_file { @@ -53,14 +52,15 @@ struct eventfs_file { * Union - used for deletion * @del_list: list of eventfs_file to delete * @rcu: eventfs_file to delete in RCU + * @is_freed: node is freed if one of the above is set */ union { struct list_head del_list; struct rcu_head rcu; + unsigned long is_freed; }; void *data; - unsigned int is_freed:1; - unsigned int mode:31; + umode_t mode; }; static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex); @@ -814,8 +814,6 @@ static void eventfs_remove_rec(struct ev } } - ef->is_freed = 1; - list_del_rcu(&ef->list); list_add_tail(&ef->del_list, head); } 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