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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 3/4] tracing: Kill tracing_open/release_generic_file
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    On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 20:57 +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
    > Kill tracing_open_generic_file() and tracing_release_generic_file(),
    > they are racy anyway.
    >
    > Instead, change event_enable_read() and event_enable_write() to rely
    > on event_mutex and file_inode(filp)->i_private != NULL check.
    >
    > trace_array_get() goes away. NOTE! this is actually wrong until we
    > change instance_delete() path to nullify ->i_private.

    I think this needs to be done first. Want me to take a crack at it, and
    we can interleave our patches if needed.

    -- Steve




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