[PATCH 1/4] eventfs: Have eventfs_iterate() stop immediately if ei->is_freed is set

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jan 04 2024 - 16:59:59 EST


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

If ei->is_freed is set in eventfs_iterate(), it means that the directory
that is being iterated on is in the process of being freed. Just exit the
loop immediately when that is ever detected, and separate out the return
of the entry->callback() from ei->is_freed.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 72912b5f9a90..0aca6910efb3 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -788,11 +788,12 @@ static int eventfs_iterate(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
name = entry->name;

mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
- /* If ei->is_freed, then the event itself may be too */
- if (!ei->is_freed)
- r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
- else
- r = -1;
+ /* If ei->is_freed then just bail here, nothing more to do */
+ if (ei->is_freed) {
+ mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
if (r <= 0)
continue;
--
2.42.0