[v6.7,v2,17/23] eventfs: Remove unused d_parent pointer field
Commit Message
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
It's never used
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/202401291043.e62e89dc-oliver.sang@intel.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240131185512.961772428@goodmis.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@broadcom.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes: c1504e510238 ("eventfs: Implement eventfs dir creation functions")
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
(cherry picked from commit 408600be78cdb8c650a97ecc7ff411cb216811b5)
---
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 +---
fs/tracefs/internal.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
@@ -680,10 +680,8 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->list);
mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
- if (!parent->is_freed) {
+ if (!parent->is_freed)
list_add_tail(&ei->list, &parent->children);
- ei->d_parent = parent->dentry;
- }
mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
/* Was the parent freed? */
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ struct eventfs_attr {
* @name: the name of the directory to create
* @children: link list into the child eventfs_inode
* @dentry: the dentry of the directory
- * @d_parent: pointer to the parent's dentry
* @d_children: The array of dentries to represent the files when created
* @entry_attrs: Saved mode and ownership of the @d_children
* @attr: Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
const char *name;
struct list_head children;
struct dentry *dentry; /* Check is_freed to access */
- struct dentry *d_parent;
struct dentry **d_children;
struct eventfs_attr *entry_attrs;
struct eventfs_attr attr;