[PATCH v3 2/2] ocfs2: snapshot the dentry name while tracing file release

From: Cen Zhang

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 23:44:25 EST


ocfs2_file_release() passes the live dentry name and length to a
trace event while holding oi->ip_lock. That lock protects the open
count, but it does not serialize dentry name changes during rename.
The ocfs2__file_ops event sizes and copies its __string separately,
so a concurrently rewritten inline name need not remain consistent
between those operations. The separately loaded length may also
describe a different name.

Release trace Renamer
------------- -------
hold oi->ip_lock
size the inline name
rewrite the inline name
under dentry->d_lock
copy the changed name

Take a name snapshot before acquiring oi->ip_lock and release it
after dropping the lock. Keep the trace call and open-count argument
inside the original critical section. Cache the event-enabled check
so the snapshot is paired even if tracing is toggled meanwhile.
The snapshot keeps the trace name stable without extending the
inode lock over snapshot acquisition.

Fixes: 468eedde23d6 ("ocfs2: Remove mlog(0) from fs/ocfs2/file.c")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/file.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 3c4637b32c09..8da73d0707ce 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -141,18 +141,26 @@ static int ocfs2_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int ocfs2_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
+ struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+ struct name_snapshot name;
+ bool trace_enabled = trace_ocfs2_file_release_enabled();
+
+ if (trace_enabled)
+ take_dentry_name_snapshot(&name, dentry);

spin_lock(&oi->ip_lock);
if (!--oi->ip_open_count)
oi->ip_flags &= ~OCFS2_INODE_OPEN_DIRECT;

- trace_ocfs2_file_release(inode, file, file->f_path.dentry,
- oi->ip_blkno,
- file->f_path.dentry->d_name.len,
- file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
- oi->ip_open_count);
+ if (trace_enabled)
+ trace_ocfs2_file_release(inode, file, dentry,
+ oi->ip_blkno, name.name.len,
+ name.name.name, oi->ip_open_count);
spin_unlock(&oi->ip_lock);

+ if (trace_enabled)
+ release_dentry_name_snapshot(&name);
+
ocfs2_free_file_private(inode, file);

return 0;