From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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> (cherry picked from commit 12d823b31fadf47c8f36ecada7abac5f903cac33) --- fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c index ca7daee7c811..9e031e5a2713 100644 --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c @@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_file(struct eventfs_inode *parent_ei, 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(struct dentry *dentry, inc_nlink(inode); d_add(dentry, inode); inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode); - fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry); return NULL; } -- 2.43.0