eventfs: More fixes and clean ups

index 515fdace1eea..ca7daee7c811 100644
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ enum {
 static void release_ei(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = container_of(ref, struct eventfs_inode, kref);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
+
 	kfree(ei->entry_attrs);
 	kfree_const(ei->name);
 	kfree_rcu(ei, rcu);

@@ -84,6 +87,14 @@ static inline void put_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 		kref_put(&ei->kref, release_ei);
 }
 
+static inline void free_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
+{
+	if (ei) {
+		ei->is_freed = 1;
+		put_ei(ei);
+	}
+}
+
 static inline struct eventfs_inode *get_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 {
 	if (ei)

@@ -679,7 +690,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode
 
 	/* Was the parent freed? */
 	if (list_empty(&ei->list)) {
-		put_ei(ei);
+		free_ei(ei);
 		ei = NULL;
 	}
 	return ei;

@@ -770,7 +781,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	return ei;
 
  fail:
-	put_ei(ei);
+	free_ei(ei);
 	tracefs_failed_creating(dentry);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }

@@ -801,9 +812,8 @@ static void eventfs_remove_rec(struct eventfs_inode *ei, int level)
 	list_for_each_entry(ei_child, &ei->children, list)
 		eventfs_remove_rec(ei_child, level + 1);
 
-	ei->is_freed = 1;
 	list_del(&ei->list);
-	put_ei(ei);
+	free_ei(ei);
 }
 
 /**

index 1886f1826cd8..beb3dcd0e434 100644
@@ -32,40 +32,37 @@ struct eventfs_attr {
 /*
  * struct eventfs_inode - hold the properties of the eventfs directories.
  * @list:	link list into the parent directory
+ * @rcu:	Union with @list for freeing
+ * @children:	link list into the child eventfs_inode
  * @entries:	the array of entries representing the files in the directory
  * @name:	the name of the directory to create
- * @children:	link list into the child eventfs_inode
  * @events_dir: the dentry of the events directory
  * @entry_attrs: Saved mode and ownership of the @d_children
- * @attr:	Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
  * @data:	The private data to pass to the callbacks
+ * @attr:	Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself
  * @is_freed:	Flag set if the eventfs is on its way to be freed
  *                Note if is_freed is set, then dentry is corrupted.
+ * @is_events:	Flag set for only the top level "events" directory
  * @nr_entries: The number of items in @entries
+ * @ino:	The saved inode number
  */
 struct eventfs_inode {
-	struct kref			kref;
-	struct list_head		list;
+	union {
+		struct list_head	list;
+		struct rcu_head		rcu;
+	};
+	struct list_head		children;
 	const struct eventfs_entry	*entries;
 	const char			*name;
-	struct list_head		children;
 	struct dentry			*events_dir;
 	struct eventfs_attr		*entry_attrs;
-	struct eventfs_attr		attr;
 	void				*data;
+	struct eventfs_attr		attr;
+	struct kref			kref;
 	unsigned int			is_freed:1;
 	unsigned int			is_events:1;
 	unsigned int			nr_entries:30;
 	unsigned int			ino;
-	/*
-	 * Union - used for deletion
-	 * @llist:	for calling dput() if needed after RCU
-	 * @rcu:	eventfs_inode to delete in RCU
-	 */
-	union {
-		struct llist_node	llist;
-		struct rcu_head		rcu;
-	};
 };
 
 static inline struct tracefs_inode *get_tracefs(const struct inode *inode)

index ca7daee7c811..9e031e5a2713 100644
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_file(struct eventfs_inode *parent_ei,
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(parent_ei);
 
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	fsnotify_create(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	return NULL;
 };
 

@@ -408,7 +407,6 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
-	fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	return NULL;
 }
 

index 9e031e5a2713..110e8a272189 100644
@@ -404,9 +404,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(ei);
 
-	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
 	return NULL;
 }
 

@@ -769,9 +767,17 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 
 	dentry->d_fsdata = get_ei(ei);
 
-	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
-	inc_nlink(inode);
+	/*
+	 * Keep all eventfs directories with i_nlink == 1.
+	 * Due to the dynamic nature of the dentry creations and not
+	 * wanting to add a pointer to the parent eventfs_inode in the
+	 * eventfs_inode structure, keeping the i_nlink in sync with the
+	 * number of directories would cause too much complexity for
+	 * something not worth much. Keeping directory links at 1
+	 * tells userspace not to trust the link number.
+	 */
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	/* The dentry of the "events" parent does keep track though */
 	inc_nlink(dentry->d_parent->d_inode);
 	fsnotify_mkdir(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, dentry);
 	tracefs_end_creating(dentry);

index 110e8a272189..1a831ba1042b 100644
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	struct dentry *result = NULL;
 
 	ti = get_tracefs(dir);
-	if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
 	mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);

@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	list_for_each_entry(ei_child, &ei->children, list) {
 		if (strcmp(ei_child->name, name) != 0)
 			continue;
-		if (ei_child->is_freed)
+		/* A child is freed and removed from the list at the same time */
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ei_child->is_freed))
 			goto out;
 		result = lookup_dir_entry(dentry, ei, ei_child);
 		goto out;

index 1a831ba1042b..c50d089c9a7f 100644
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(eventfs_mutex);
 /* Choose something "unique" ;-) */
 #define EVENTFS_FILE_INODE_INO		0x12c4e37
 
+struct eventfs_root_inode {
+	struct eventfs_inode		ei;
+	struct dentry			*events_dir;
+};
+
+static struct eventfs_root_inode *get_root_inode(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_events);
+	return container_of(ei, struct eventfs_root_inode, ei);
+}
+
 /* Just try to make something consistent and unique */
 static int eventfs_dir_ino(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 {

@@ -73,12 +84,18 @@ enum {
 static void release_ei(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = container_of(ref, struct eventfs_inode, kref);
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
 
 	kfree(ei->entry_attrs);
 	kfree_const(ei->name);
-	kfree_rcu(ei, rcu);
+	if (ei->is_events) {
+		rei = get_root_inode(ei);
+		kfree_rcu(rei, ei.rcu);
+	} else {
+		kfree_rcu(ei, rcu);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void put_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei)

@@ -408,19 +425,43 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dir_entry(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct eventfs_inode *init_ei(struct eventfs_inode *ei, const char *name)
+{
+	ei->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ei->name)
+		return NULL;
+	kref_init(&ei->kref);
+	return ei;
+}
+
 static inline struct eventfs_inode *alloc_ei(const char *name)
 {
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei = kzalloc(sizeof(*ei), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct eventfs_inode *result;
 
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ei->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ei->name) {
+	result = init_ei(ei, name);
+	if (!result)
 		kfree(ei);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static inline struct eventfs_inode *alloc_root_ei(const char *name)
+{
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei = kzalloc(sizeof(*rei), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct eventfs_inode *ei;
+
+	if (!rei)
 		return NULL;
-	}
-	kref_init(&ei->kref);
+
+	rei->ei.is_events = 1;
+	ei = init_ei(&rei->ei, name);
+	if (!ei)
+		kfree(rei);
+
 	return ei;
 }
 

@@ -710,6 +751,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 						int size, void *data)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry = tracefs_start_creating(name, parent);
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
 	struct eventfs_inode *ei;
 	struct tracefs_inode *ti;
 	struct inode *inode;

@@ -722,7 +764,7 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return ERR_CAST(dentry);
 
-	ei = alloc_ei(name);
+	ei = alloc_root_ei(name);
 	if (!ei)
 		goto fail;
 

@@ -731,10 +773,11 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry
 		goto fail;
 
 	// Note: we have a ref to the dentry from tracefs_start_creating()
-	ei->events_dir = dentry;
+	rei = get_root_inode(ei);
+	rei->events_dir = dentry;
+
 	ei->entries = entries;
 	ei->nr_entries = size;
-	ei->is_events = 1;
 	ei->data = data;
 
 	/* Save the ownership of this directory */

@@ -845,13 +888,15 @@ void eventfs_remove_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
  */
 void eventfs_remove_events_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
 {
+	struct eventfs_root_inode *rei;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
-	dentry = ei->events_dir;
+	rei = get_root_inode(ei);
+	dentry = rei->events_dir;
 	if (!dentry)
 		return;
 
-	ei->events_dir = NULL;
+	rei->events_dir = NULL;
 	eventfs_remove_dir(ei);
 
 	/*

index beb3dcd0e434..15c26f9aaad4 100644
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ struct eventfs_attr {
  * @children:	link list into the child eventfs_inode
  * @entries:	the array of entries representing the files in the directory
  * @name:	the name of the directory to create
- * @events_dir: the dentry of the events directory
  * @entry_attrs: Saved mode and ownership of the @d_children
  * @data:	The private data to pass to the callbacks
  * @attr:	Saved mode and ownership of eventfs_inode itself

@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ struct eventfs_inode {
 	struct list_head		children;
 	const struct eventfs_entry	*entries;
 	const char			*name;
-	struct dentry			*events_dir;
 	struct eventfs_attr		*entry_attrs;
 	void				*data;
 	struct eventfs_attr		attr;