Commit 3d9fd0abc94d for kernel
commit 3d9fd0abc94d8cd430cc7cd7d37ce5e5aae2cd2b
Author: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Date: Thu Apr 23 11:56:04 2026 +0200
eventpoll: use hlist_is_singular_node() in __ep_remove()
Replace the open-coded "epi is the only entry in file->f_ep" check
with hlist_is_singular_node(). Same semantics, and the helper avoids
the head-cacheline access in the common false case.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260423-work-epoll-uaf-v1-1-2470f9eec0f5@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 23f3c6ac0bad..4e8440994277 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static bool __ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi, bool force)
to_free = NULL;
head = file->f_ep;
- if (head->first == &epi->fllink && !epi->fllink.next) {
+ if (hlist_is_singular_node(&epi->fllink, head)) {
/* See eventpoll_release() for details. */
WRITE_ONCE(file->f_ep, NULL);
if (!is_file_epoll(file)) {