From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The tracefs-specific fields in the inode were not initialized before the inode was exposed to others through the dentry with 'd_instantiate()'. Move the field initializations up to before the d_instantiate. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240131185512.478449628@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: 5790b1fb3d672 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode") Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202401291043.e62e89dc-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c index 1c3dd0ad4660..824b1811e342 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent ti = get_tracefs(inode); ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE; + /* Only directories have ti->private set to an ei, not files */ + ti->private = ei; inc_nlink(inode); d_instantiate(dentry, inode); @@ -515,7 +517,6 @@ create_file_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int idx, static void eventfs_post_create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei) { struct eventfs_inode *ei_child; - struct tracefs_inode *ti; lockdep_assert_held(&eventfs_mutex); @@ -525,9 +526,6 @@ static void eventfs_post_create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei) srcu_read_lock_held(&eventfs_srcu)) { ei_child->d_parent = ei->dentry; } - - ti = get_tracefs(ei->dentry->d_inode); - ti->private = ei; } /** -- 2.43.0
