[for-linus][PATCH 2/2] eventfs: Do not invalidate dentry in create_file/dir_dentry()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

With the call to simple_recursive_removal() on the entire eventfs sub
system when the directory is removed, it performs the d_invalidate on all
the dentries when it is removed. There's no need to do clean ups when a
dentry is being created while the directory is being deleted.

As dentries are cleaned up by the simpler_recursive_removal(), trying to
do d_invalidate() in these functions will cause the dentry to be
invalidated twice, and crash the kernel.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231116123016.140576-1-naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx/

Fixes: 407c6726ca71 ("eventfs: Use simple_recursive_removal() to clean up dentries")
Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 19 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index f239b2b507a4..3eb6c622a74d 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ create_file_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int idx,
 	struct eventfs_attr *attr = NULL;
 	struct dentry **e_dentry = &ei->d_children[idx];
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	bool invalidate = false;
 
 	mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
 	if (ei->is_freed) {
@@ -389,17 +388,14 @@ create_file_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int idx,
 		 * Otherwise it means two dentries exist with the same name.
 		 */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
-		invalidate = true;
+		dentry = NULL;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
 
-	if (invalidate)
-		d_invalidate(dentry);
-
-	if (lookup || invalidate)
+	if (lookup)
 		dput(dentry);
 
-	return invalidate ? NULL : dentry;
+	return dentry;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -439,7 +435,6 @@ static struct dentry *
 create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *pei, struct eventfs_inode *ei,
 		  struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
 {
-	bool invalidate = false;
 	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
@@ -495,16 +490,14 @@ create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *pei, struct eventfs_inode *ei,
 		 * Otherwise it means two dentries exist with the same name.
 		 */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
-		invalidate = true;
+		dentry = NULL;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
-	if (invalidate)
-		d_invalidate(dentry);
 
-	if (lookup || invalidate)
+	if (lookup)
 		dput(dentry);
 
-	return invalidate ? NULL : dentry;
+	return dentry;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
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