Re: [PATCH v2] eventfs: Test for ei->is_freed when accessing ei->dentry

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Oct 29 2023 - 09:45:12 EST


On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:31:54 +0530
Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Following build errors have been noticed.
>
> fs/tracefs/event_inode.c:348:1: error: return type defaults to 'int'
> [-Werror=implicit-int]
> 348 | create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *pei, struct eventfs_inode *ei,
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:5,
> from include/uapi/linux/types.h:14,
> from include/linux/types.h:6,
> from include/linux/kasan-checks.h:5,
> from include/asm-generic/rwonce.h:26,
> from ./arch/x86/include/generated/asm/rwonce.h:1,

This patch passed all my tests, I have no idea how the above happened.
The "return type defaults to int" tells me the "static struct dentry *"
part of the patch may have been clipped.

Are you sure it was applied correctly? Perhaps check out the branch I
have and let me know if you get the same errors.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git trace/core

-- Steve