eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()
authorDeepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:46:53 +0000 (20:16 +0530)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:42:57 +0000 (16:42 -0400)
commit1704aaaf5d22bc765c168402350d191e24e245bc
treee8efc71b8aac57544e845bd9850a337d79b2dc9f
parent372f8534244d632ad5118e8a87a11291b01712d3
eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()

eventfs_create_dir() allocates the eventfs_inode and initializes it with
init_ei(). But this does not initialize the eventfs_inode list_heads. If
the eventfs_create_dir() fails due to memory pressure, it will call
free_ei() before it initialized the lists, and that checks to make sure
the eventfs_inode has no children. But because the list wasn't
initialized, it will give a false warning.

Fix it by moving the list initialization into init_ei().

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5790b1fb3d67 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode")
Reported-by: syzbot+3ef80b4ed02226d04a06@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3ef80b4ed02226d04a06
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260824144653.54044-1-kartikey406@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
[ Rewrote change log ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c