linux-kernel - [v6.6][PATCH 02/57] Revert "eventfs: Check for NULL ef in eventfs_set

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Message-ID: <20240206120946.700644630@rostedt.homelinux.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:09:07 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: [v6.6][PATCH 02/57] Revert "eventfs: Check for NULL ef in eventfs_set_attr()"

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

This reverts commit d8f492a059728bbd397defbc9b8d2f4159d869b5.

The eventfs was not designed properly and may have some hidden bugs in it.
Linus rewrote it properly and I trust his version more than this one. Revert
the backported patches for 6.6 and re-apply all the changes to make it
equivalent to Linus's version.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index efbdc47c74dc..5fcfb634fec2 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
 	ef = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	if (ef && ef->is_freed) {
+	if (ef->is_freed) {
 		/* Do not allow changes if the event is about to be removed. */
 		mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	ret = simple_setattr(idmap, dentry, iattr);
-	if (!ret && ef)
+	if (!ret)
 		update_attr(ef, iattr);
 	mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
 	return ret;
-- 
2.43.0