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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 5b54948514fe..ae648deed019 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -509,20 +509,15 @@ struct dentry *eventfs_start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
struct dentry *dentry;
int error;
+ /* Must always have a parent. */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
error = simple_pin_fs(&trace_fs_type, &tracefs_mount,
&tracefs_mount_count);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
- /*
- * If the parent is not specified, we create it in the root.
- * We need the root dentry to do this, which is in the super
- * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
- * have around.
- */
- if (!parent)
- parent = tracefs_mount->mnt_root;
-
if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(parent->d_inode)))
dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
else