Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] blktrace: fix debugfs use after free

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 11:45:42AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 04:26:37AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > I can't say I'm a fan of all these long backtraces in commit logs..
> > 
> > > +static struct dentry *blk_debugfs_dir_register(const char *name)
> > > +{
> > > +	return debugfs_create_dir(name, blk_debugfs_root);
> > > +}
> > 
> > I don't think we really need this helper.
> 
> We don't export blk_debugfs_root, didn't think we'd want to, and
> since only a few scew funky drivers would use the struct gendisk
> and also support BLKTRACE, I didn't think we'd want to export it
> now.
> 
> A new block private symbol namespace alright?

Err, that function is static and has two callers.

> > This could be simplified down to:
> > 
> > 	if (bdev && bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
> > 		return bdev->bd_part->debugfs_dir;
> > 	return q->debugfs_dir;
> >
> > Given that bd_part is in __blkdev_get very near bd_contains.
> 
> Ah neat.
> 
> > Also given that this patch completely rewrites blk_trace_debugfs_dir is
> > there any point in the previous patch?
> 
> Still think it helps with making this patch easier to read, but I don't
> care, lemme know if I should just fold it.

In fact I'm not even sure we need the helper.  Modulo the comment
this just becomes a:

	if (bdev && bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
 		dir = bdev->bd_part->debugfs_dir;
	else
	 	dir = q->debugfs_dir;

in do_blk_trace_setup.