[PATCH 1/3] tracing: Remove unneeded event_mutex lock in event_trigger_regex_release()

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 15:56:37 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

In event_trigger_regex_release(), the only code is:

mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
seq_release(inode, file);
mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);

return 0;

There's nothing special about the file->f_mode or the seq_release() that
requires any locking. Remove the unnecessary locks.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 7795af600466..e5dcfcbb2cd5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -314,13 +314,9 @@ static ssize_t event_trigger_regex_write(struct file *file,

static int event_trigger_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
-
if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
seq_release(inode, file);

- mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
-
return 0;
}

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