[PATCH v2 3/4] tracing: Clean up access to trace_event_file from a file pointer
From: Petr Pavlu
Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 08:48:18 EST
The tracing code provides two functions event_file_file() and
event_file_data() to obtain a trace_event_file pointer from a file struct.
The primary method to use is event_file_file(), as it checks for the
EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED flag to determine whether the event is being removed.
The second function event_file_data() is an optimization for retrieving the
same data when the event_mutex is still held.
In the past, when removing an event directory in remove_event_file_dir(),
the code set i_private to NULL for all event files and readers were
expected to check for this state to recognize that the event is being
removed. In the case of event_id_read(), the value was read using
event_file_data() without acquiring the event_mutex. This required
event_file_data() to use READ_ONCE() when retrieving the i_private data.
With the introduction of eventfs, i_private is assigned when an eventfs
inode is allocated and remains set throughout its lifetime.
Remove the now unnecessary READ_ONCE() access to i_private in both
event_file_file() and event_file_data(). Inline the access to i_private in
remove_event_file_dir(), which allows event_file_data() to handle i_private
solely as a trace_event_file pointer. Add a check in event_file_data() to
ensure that the event_mutex is held and that file->flags doesn't have the
EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED flag set. Finally, move event_file_data() immediately
after event_file_code() since the latter provides a comment explaining how
both functions should be used together.
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.h | 17 +++++++++++------
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8428c437cb9d..27fb3fe6a7e0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1739,11 +1739,6 @@ extern struct trace_event_file *find_event_file(struct trace_array *tr,
const char *system,
const char *event);
-static inline void *event_file_data(struct file *filp)
-{
- return READ_ONCE(file_inode(filp)->i_private);
-}
-
extern struct mutex event_mutex;
extern struct list_head ftrace_events;
@@ -1764,12 +1759,22 @@ static inline struct trace_event_file *event_file_file(struct file *filp)
struct trace_event_file *file;
lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
- file = READ_ONCE(file_inode(filp)->i_private);
+ file = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
if (!file || file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED)
return NULL;
return file;
}
+static inline void *event_file_data(struct file *filp)
+{
+ struct trace_event_file *file;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
+ file = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
+ WARN_ON(!file || file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED);
+ return file;
+}
+
extern const struct file_operations event_trigger_fops;
extern const struct file_operations event_hist_fops;
extern const struct file_operations event_hist_debug_fops;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 2ca76b048638..d23e7a9d07e6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2090,12 +2090,12 @@ static int trace_format_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static ssize_t
event_id_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
- int id = (long)event_file_data(filp);
+ /* id is directly in i_private and available for inode's lifetime. */
+ int id = (long)file_inode(filp)->i_private;
char buf[32];
int len;
- if (unlikely(!id))
- return -ENODEV;
+ WARN_ON(!id);
len = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", id);
--
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