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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:49:50 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>, oe-lkp@...ts.linux.dev,
 lkp@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Mathieu
 Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Christian Brauner
 <brauner@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Ajay Kaher
 <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linus:master] [eventfs] 852e46e239:
 BUG:unable_to_handle_page_fault_for_address

On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:42:47 -0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> @@ -324,7 +322,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_file(struct dentry *dentry,
>  	ti->flags = TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
>  	ti->private = NULL;			// Directories have 'ei', files not
>  
> -	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
> +	d_add(dentry, inode);
>  	fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
>  	return eventfs_end_creating(dentry);
>  };
> @@ -365,7 +363,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
>          ei->dentry = dentry;	// Remove me!
>  
>  	inc_nlink(inode);
> -	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
> +	d_add(dentry, inode);
>  	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
>  	fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
>  	return eventfs_end_creating(dentry);
> @@ -786,7 +784,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
>  
>  	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
>  	inc_nlink(inode);
> -	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
> +	d_add(dentry, inode);

Now I didn't change this last d_instantiate, because this is not called
through the lookup code. This is the root events directory and acts more
like debugfs. It's not "dynamically" added.

-- Steve


>  	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
>  	fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
>  	tracefs_end_creating(dentry);