Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] tracing: Make the backup instance non-reusable

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:09:56 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhira...@kernel.org> wrote:

> @@ -9388,12 +9405,16 @@ static void
>  tracing_init_tracefs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
>  {
>       struct dentry *d_percpu = tracing_dentry_percpu(tr, cpu);
> +     umode_t writable_mode = TRACE_MODE_WRITE;
>       struct dentry *d_cpu;
>       char cpu_dir[30]; /* 30 characters should be more than enough */
>  
>       if (!d_percpu)
>               return;
>  
> +     if (trace_array_is_readonly(tr))
> +             writable_mode = TRACE_MODE_READ;

Hmm, writable_mode is set but not used?

Looks like you missed an update.

-- Steve

> +
>       snprintf(cpu_dir, 30, "cpu%ld", cpu);
>       d_cpu = tracefs_create_dir(cpu_dir, d_percpu);
>       if (!d_cpu) {
> @@ -9616,7 +9637,6 @@ struct dentry *trace_create_file(const char *name,
>       return ret;
>  }