From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 04/13] tracing: Free up file->private_data for use by individual events
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:27:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326142716.644352953@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260326142656.794462952@kernel.org
From: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
The tracing_open_file_tr() function currently copies the trace_event_file
pointer from inode->i_private to file->private_data when the file is
successfully opened. This duplication is not particularly useful, as all
event code should utilize event_file_file() or event_file_data() to
retrieve a trace_event_file pointer from a file struct and these access
functions read file->f_inode->i_private. Moreover, this setup requires the
code for opening hist files to explicitly clear file->private_data before
calling single_open(), since this function expects the private_data member
to be set to NULL and uses it to store a pointer to a seq_file.
Remove the unnecessary setting of file->private_data in
tracing_open_file_tr() and simplify the hist code.
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260219162737.314231-6-petr.pavlu@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 --
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index a626211ceb9a..cf48fe23e71f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4050,8 +4050,6 @@ int tracing_open_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
event_file_get(file);
}
- filp->private_data = inode->i_private;
-
return 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 73ea180cad55..67cb92310864 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -5836,8 +5836,6 @@ static int event_hist_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
hist_file->file = file;
hist_file->last_act = get_hist_hit_count(event_file);
- /* Clear private_data to avoid warning in single_open() */
- file->private_data = NULL;
ret = single_open(file, hist_show, hist_file);
if (ret) {
kfree(hist_file);
@@ -6126,8 +6124,6 @@ static int event_hist_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (ret)
return ret;
- /* Clear private_data to avoid warning in single_open() */
- file->private_data = NULL;
ret = single_open(file, hist_debug_show, file);
if (ret)
tracing_release_file_tr(inode, file);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 14:26 [for-next][PATCH 00/13] tracing: Updates for 7.1 Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:26 ` [for-next][PATCH 01/13] tracing: move __printf() attribute on __ftrace_vbprintk() Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:26 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/13] tracing: Remove unnecessary check for EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:26 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/13] tracing: Clean up access to trace_event_file from a file pointer Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/13] tracing: Pretty-print enum parameters in function arguments Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/13] tracing: trace_mmap.h: fix a kernel-doc warning Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 07/13] tracepoint: Add trace_call__##name() API Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/13] kernel: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 09/13] i2c: " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/13] spi: " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/13] btrfs: " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/13] mm: damon: " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-26 14:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/13] tracing: Move snapshot code out of trace.c and into trace_snapshot.c Steven Rostedt
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