linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] eventfs: Restructure eventfs_inode structure to be more condensed

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Message-ID: <20240201161617.002321438@goodmis.org>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:34:48 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] eventfs: Restructure eventfs_inode structure to be more condensed

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Some of the eventfs_inode structure has holes in it. Rework the structure
to be a bit more condensed, and also remove the no longer used llist
field.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 fs/tracefs/internal.h | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
index 1886f1826cd8..beb3dcd0e434 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -32,40 +32,37 @@ struct eventfs_attr {
 /*
  * struct eventfs_inode - hold the properties of the eventfs directories.
  * @list:	link list into the parent directory
+ * @rcu:	Union with @list for freeing
+ * @children:	link list into the child eventfs_inode
  * @entries:	the array of entries representing the files in the directory
  * @name:	the name of the directory to create
- * @children:	link list into the child eventfs_inode
  * @events_dir: the dentry of the events directory
  * @entry_attrs: Saved mode and ownership of the @d_children
- * @attr:	Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
  * @data:	The private data to pass to the callbacks
+ * @attr:	Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
  * @is_freed:	Flag set if the eventfs is on its way to be freed
  *                Note if is_freed is set, then dentry is corrupted.
+ * @is_events:	Flag set for only the top level "events" directory
  * @nr_entries: The number of items in @entries
+ * @ino:	The saved inode number
  */
 struct eventfs_inode {
-	struct kref			kref;
-	struct list_head		list;
+	union {
+		struct list_head	list;
+		struct rcu_head		rcu;
+	};
+	struct list_head		children;
 	const struct eventfs_entry	*entries;
 	const char			*name;
-	struct list_head		children;
 	struct dentry			*events_dir;
 	struct eventfs_attr		*entry_attrs;
-	struct eventfs_attr		attr;
 	void				*data;
+	struct eventfs_attr		attr;
+	struct kref			kref;
 	unsigned int			is_freed:1;
 	unsigned int			is_events:1;
 	unsigned int			nr_entries:30;
 	unsigned int			ino;
-	/*
-	 * Union - used for deletion
-	 * @llist:	for calling dput() if needed after RCU
-	 * @rcu:	eventfs_inode to delete in RCU
-	 */
-	union {
-		struct llist_node	llist;
-		struct rcu_head		rcu;
-	};
 };
 
 static inline struct tracefs_inode *get_tracefs(const struct inode *inode)
-- 
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