eventpoll: rename ep_remove_safe() back to ep_remove()

The current name is just confusing and doesn't clarify anything.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260423-work-epoll-uaf-v1-4-2470f9eec0f5@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
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Christian Brauner 2026-04-23 11:56:07 +02:00
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@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static bool ep_remove_epi(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
/*
* ep_remove variant for callers owing an additional reference to the ep
*/
static void ep_remove_safe(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
static void ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
{
struct file *file = epi->ffd.file;
@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static void ep_clear_and_put(struct eventpoll *ep)
/*
* Walks through the whole tree and try to free each "struct epitem".
* Note that ep_remove_safe() will not remove the epitem in case of a
* Note that ep_remove() will not remove the epitem in case of a
* racing eventpoll_release_file(); the latter will do the removal.
* At this point we are sure no poll callbacks will be lingering around.
* Since we still own a reference to the eventpoll struct, the loop can't
@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static void ep_clear_and_put(struct eventpoll *ep)
for (rbp = rb_first_cached(&ep->rbr); rbp; rbp = next) {
next = rb_next(rbp);
epi = rb_entry(rbp, struct epitem, rbn);
ep_remove_safe(ep, epi);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
cond_resched();
}
@ -1631,21 +1631,21 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
mutex_unlock(&tep->mtx);
/*
* ep_remove_safe() calls in the later error paths can't lead to
* ep_remove() calls in the later error paths can't lead to
* ep_free() as the ep file itself still holds an ep reference.
*/
ep_get(ep);
/* now check if we've created too many backpaths */
if (unlikely(full_check && reverse_path_check())) {
ep_remove_safe(ep, epi);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
return -EINVAL;
}
if (epi->event.events & EPOLLWAKEUP) {
error = ep_create_wakeup_source(epi);
if (error) {
ep_remove_safe(ep, epi);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
return error;
}
}
@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, const struct epoll_event *event,
* high memory pressure.
*/
if (unlikely(!epq.epi)) {
ep_remove_safe(ep, epi);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event *epds,
* The eventpoll itself is still alive: the refcount
* can't go to zero here.
*/
ep_remove_safe(ep, epi);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
error = 0;
} else {
error = -ENOENT;