@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
if (strcmp(ei_child->name, name) != 0)
continue;
ret = simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(ret))
+ goto out;
create_dir_dentry(ei, ei_child, ei_dentry, true);
created = true;
break;
@@ -583,6 +585,8 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
if (r <= 0)
continue;
ret = simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
+ if (IS_ERR(ret))
+ goto out;
create_file_dentry(ei, i, ei_dentry, name, mode, cdata,
fops, true);
break;
Eventfs uses simple_lookup(), however, it will fail if the name of the entry is beyond NAME_MAX length. When this error is encountered, eventfs still tries to create dentries instead of skipping the dentry creation. When the dentry is attempted to be created in this state d_wait_lookup() will loop forever, waiting for the lookup to be removed. Fix eventfs to return the error in simple_lookup() back to the caller instead of continuing to try to create the dentry. Fixes: 63940449555e ("eventfs: Implement eventfs lookup, read, open functions") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20231208183601.GA46-beaub@linux.microsoft.com/ Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> --- Please note the fixes tag is the first add of simple_lookup logic, there have been other changes beyond that may be a better fit to targetting. fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)