linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] eventfsfs: initialize the tracefs inode properly

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:03:51 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] eventfsfs: initialize the tracefs inode properly

The tracefs-specific fields in the inode were not initialized before the
inode was exposed to others through the dentry with 'd_instantiate()'.

And the ->flags file was initialized incorrectly with a '|=', when the
old value was stale.  It should have just been a straight assignment.

Move the field initializations up to before the d_instantiate, and fix
the use of uninitialized data.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 2d128bedd654..c0d977e6c0f2 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	inode->i_ino = EVENTFS_FILE_INODE_INO;
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
-	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
+	ti->flags = TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
+	ti->private = NULL;			// Directories have 'ei', files not
+
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	return eventfs_end_creating(dentry);
@@ -367,7 +369,8 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent
 	inode->i_ino = eventfs_dir_ino(ei);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
-	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
+	ti->flags = TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
+	ti->private = ei;
 
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
@@ -513,7 +516,6 @@ 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);
 
@@ -523,9 +525,6 @@ 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;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -943,7 +942,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(inode);
-	ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE | TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE;
+	ti->flags = TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE | TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE;
 	ti->private = ei;
 
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
-- 
2.43.0.5.g38fb137bdb