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The top "events" directory has a static inode (it's created when it is and removed when the directory is removed). There's no need to use the events ei->attr to determine its permissions. But it is used for saving the permissions of the "events" directory for when it is created, as that is needed for the default permissions for the files and directories underneath it. For example: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # mkdir instances/foo # chown 1001 instances/foo/events The files under instances/foo/events should still have the same owner as instances/foo (which the instances/foo/events ei->attr will hold), but the events directory now has owner 1001. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240522165032.104981011@goodmis.org Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.