[PATCH v7 07/10] ref_tracker: add a way to create a symlink to the ref_tracker_dir debugfs file

Jeff Layton jlayton at kernel.org
Mon May 5 17:33:21 UTC 2025


Add the ability for a subsystem to add a user-friendly symlink that
points to a ref_tracker_dir's debugfs file.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/ref_tracker.h | 11 +++++++++++
 lib/ref_tracker.c           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/ref_tracker.h b/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
index 17d5924d595ce95bfb5d8ec6d813490499bd89d0..b27cb7b3f1be5e16dedceeb0a88e9aa577be5dff 100644
--- a/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
+++ b/include/linux/ref_tracker.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct ref_tracker_dir {
 	const char		*class; /* object classname */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
+	struct dentry		*symlink;
 #endif
 	char			name[32];
 #endif
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ struct ref_tracker_dir {
 #ifdef CONFIG_REF_TRACKER
 
 void ref_tracker_dir_debugfs(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir);
+void ref_tracker_dir_symlink(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 static inline void ref_tracker_dir_init(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,
 					unsigned int quarantine_count,
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ static inline void ref_tracker_dir_init(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,
 	dir->class = class;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	dir->dentry = NULL;
+	dir->symlink = NULL;
 #endif
 	strscpy(dir->name, name, sizeof(dir->name));
 	ref_tracker_dir_debugfs(dir);
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ static inline void ref_tracker_dir_debugfs(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void ref_tracker_dir_symlink(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void ref_tracker_dir_exit(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir)
 {
 }
@@ -114,6 +121,10 @@ static inline int ref_tracker_free(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline __ostream_printf
+void ref_tracker_dir_symlink(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_REF_TRACKER_H */
diff --git a/lib/ref_tracker.c b/lib/ref_tracker.c
index 723df31321242d6af267986cc56a9d80b6e5ad18..d59ef7200dd4f97f247ddd989beb5757b8afd519 100644
--- a/lib/ref_tracker.c
+++ b/lib/ref_tracker.c
@@ -390,8 +390,36 @@ void ref_tracker_dir_debugfs(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ref_tracker_dir_debugfs);
 
+void __ostream_printf ref_tracker_dir_symlink(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char name[NAME_MAX + 1];
+	va_list args;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Already created, or dentry doesn't exist? Do nothing */
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dir->symlink) || IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dir->dentry))
+		return;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	ret = vsnprintf(name, sizeof(name), fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	name[sizeof(name) - 1] = '\0';
+
+	if (ret < sizeof(name))
+		dir->symlink = debugfs_create_symlink(name, ref_tracker_debug_dir,
+						      dir->dentry->d_name.name);
+	else
+		dir->symlink = ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dir->symlink))
+		pr_warn("ref_tracker: unable to create debugfs symlink for %s: %pe\n",
+			name, dir->symlink);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ref_tracker_dir_symlink);
+
 static void ref_tracker_debugfs_remove(struct ref_tracker_dir *dir)
 {
+	debugfs_remove(dir->symlink);
 	debugfs_remove(dir->dentry);
 }
 

-- 
2.49.0



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