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commit 77a06c33a22d13f3a6e31f06f6ee6bca666e6898 upstream. The eventfs_inode (ei) is protected by SRCU, but the ei->dentry is not. It is protected by the eventfs_mutex. Anytime the eventfs_mutex is released, and access to the ei->dentry needs to be done, it should first check if ei->is_freed is set under the eventfs_mutex. If it is, then the ei->dentry is invalid and must not be used. The ei->dentry must only be accessed under the eventfs_mutex and after checking if ei->is_freed is set. When the ei is being freed, it will (under the eventfs_mutex) set is_freed and at the same time move the dentry to a free list to be cleared after the eventfs_mutex is released. This means that any access to the ei->dentry must check first if ei->is_freed is set, because if it is, then the dentry is on its way to be freed. Also add comments to describe this better. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYt6pY+tMZEOg=SoEywQOe19fGP3uR15SGowkdK+_X85Cg@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYuDP3hVQ3t7FfrBAjd_WFVSurMgCepTxunSJf=MTe=6aA@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231101172649.477608228@goodmis.org Cc: Ajay Kaher <akaher@vmware.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Fixes: 5790b1fb3d672 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode") Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org> Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org> Reported-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org> Tested-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org> Tested-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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 Restructured Text 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.