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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt: - Fix error output of boot instance creation failure Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by strsep(). Print the saved name instead. While at it, print the error code of the failure. - Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events. But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate histogram and crash the kernel. Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram data. - Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error returned. - Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring buffer sub-buffer size. - Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false. Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized upon creation. - Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed. - Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state. It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still using it. In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will not free the parent's descriptor. - Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a failed replacement leaves it at -1. But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it. - Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING. * tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei() tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+config OVERLAY_FS
+ tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
+ select FS_STACK
+ select EXPORTFS
+ help
+ An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem
+ and a 'lower' filesystem. When a name exists in both filesystems, the
+ object in the 'upper' filesystem is visible while the object in the
+ 'lower' filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories,
+ merged with the 'upper' object.
+
+ For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect directory feature by default"
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
+ redirects when renaming directories by default. In this case it is
+ still possible to turn off redirects globally with the
+ "redirect_dir=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis
+ with the "redirect_dir=off" mount option.
+
+ Note, that redirects are not backward compatible. That is, mounting
+ an overlay which has redirects on a kernel that doesn't support this
+ feature will have unexpected results.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW
+ bool "Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off"
+ default y
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ help
+ Disable this to get a possibly more secure configuration, but that
+ might not be backward compatible with previous kernels.
+
+ If backward compatibility is not an issue, then it is safe and
+ recommended to say N here.
+
+ For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on inodes index feature by default"
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
+ the index directory to map lower inodes to upper inodes by default.
+ In this case it is still possible to turn off index globally with the
+ "index=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis with the
+ "index=off" mount option.
+
+ The inodes index feature prevents breaking of lower hardlinks on copy
+ up.
+
+ Note, that the inodes index feature is not backward compatible.
+ That is, mounting an overlay which has an inodes index on a kernel
+ that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on NFS export feature by default"
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
+ depends on !OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
+ the index directory to decode overlay NFS file handles by default.
+ In this case, it is still possible to turn off NFS export support
+ globally with the "nfs_export=off" module option or on a filesystem
+ instance basis with the "nfs_export=off" mount option.
+
+ The NFS export feature creates an index on copy up of every file and
+ directory. This full index is used to detect overlay filesystems
+ inconsistencies on lookup, like redirect from multiple upper dirs to
+ the same lower dir. The full index may incur some overhead on mount
+ time, especially when verifying that directory file handles are not
+ stale.
+
+ Note, that the NFS export feature is not backward compatible.
+ That is, mounting an overlay which has a full index on a kernel
+ that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
+
+ Most users should say N here and enable this feature on a case-by-
+ case basis with the "nfs_export=on" mount option.
+
+ Say N unless you fully understand the consequences.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_XINO_AUTO
+ bool "Overlayfs: auto enable inode number mapping"
+ default n
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ depends on 64BIT
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
+ unused high bits in underlying filesystem inode numbers to map all
+ inodes to a unified address space. The mapped 64bit inode numbers
+ might not be compatible with applications that expect 32bit inodes.
+
+ If compatibility with applications that expect 32bit inodes is not an
+ issue, then it is safe and recommended to say Y here.
+
+ For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.rst
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on metadata only copy up feature by default"
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ select OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will
+ copy up only metadata where appropriate and data copy up will
+ happen when a file is opened for WRITE operation. It is still
+ possible to turn off this feature globally with the "metacopy=off"
+ module option or on a filesystem instance basis with the
+ "metacopy=off" mount option.
+
+ Note, that this feature is not backward compatible. That is,
+ mounting an overlay which has metacopy only inodes on a kernel
+ that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on extra debugging checks"
+ default n
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable extra debugging checks in overlayfs.
+
+ If unsure, say N.