[PATCH v3 0/5] Clean up access to trace_event_file from a file struct

From: Petr Pavlu

Date: Thu Feb 19 2026 - 11:28:03 EST


This series includes several patches related to accessing
trace_event_file from a file struct. The first two patches are fixes for
edge cases, the remaining patches are minor cleanups.

Changes since v2 [1]:
* Split the first patch related to hist event files into two: one that
corrects the trace_event_file access method and another that ensures
pollers are woken up when the watched event is removed.

Changes since v1 [2]:
* Fix a compilation error when CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS is not set.
* Drop a patch that references the trace_event_file data in
event_file_data() and keep the simpler implementation of storing the
id in i_private.
* Inline event_file_data() into event_id_read() to enable adding
additional checks to the former.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20260216134247.1311631-1-petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20260210113427.1068932-1-petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx/

Petr Pavlu (5):
tracing: Fix checking of freed trace_event_file for hist files
tracing: Wake up poll waiters for hist files when removing an event
tracing: Remove unnecessary check for EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED
tracing: Clean up access to trace_event_file from a file pointer
tracing: Free up file->private_data for use by individual events

include/linux/trace_events.h | 5 +++++
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 --
kernel/trace/trace.h | 17 +++++++++++------
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 17 ++++++++---------
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 8 ++------
5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)


base-commit: 2b7a25df823dc7d8f56f8ce7c2d2dac391cea9c2
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2.53.0