[PATCH 6.6 308/331] eventfs: Remove unused d_parent pointer field

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6.6-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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;






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