diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 93d08e552483..8ac9abf7a3d5 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -615,7 +615,13 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 		entry = &ei->entries[i];
 		if (strcmp(name, entry->name) == 0) {
 			void *cdata = data;
-			r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
+			mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
+			/* If ei->is_freed, then the event itself may be too */
+			if (!ei->is_freed)
+				r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
+			else
+				r = -1;
+			mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
 			if (r <= 0)
 				continue;
 			ret = simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
@@ -749,7 +755,13 @@ static int dcache_dir_open_wrapper(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		void *cdata = data;
 		entry = &ei->entries[i];
 		name = entry->name;
-		r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
+		mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
+		/* If ei->is_freed, then the event itself may be too */
+		if (!ei->is_freed)
+			r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
+		else
+			r = -1;
+		mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
 		if (r <= 0)
 			continue;
 		d = create_file_dentry(ei, i, parent, name, mode, cdata, fops, false);
@@ -819,6 +831,10 @@ static int dcache_readdir_wrapper(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
  *   data = A pointer to @data, and the callback may replace it, which will
  *         cause the file created to pass the new data to the open() call.
  *   fops = the fops to use for the created file.
+ *
+ * NB. @callback is called while holding internal locks of the eventfs
+ *     system. The callback must not call any code that might also call into
+ *     the tracefs or eventfs system or it will risk creating a deadlock.
  */
 struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode *parent,
 					 const struct eventfs_entry *entries,
@@ -878,6 +894,8 @@ struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_dir(const char *name, struct eventfs_inode
  * @data: The default data to pass to the files (an entry may override it).
  *
  * This function creates the top of the trace event directory.
+ *
+ * See eventfs_create_dir() for use of @entries.
  */
 struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_create_events_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 						const struct eventfs_entry *entries,
diff --git a/include/linux/tracefs.h b/include/linux/tracefs.h
index 13359b1a35d1..7a5fe17b6bf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracefs.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracefs.h
@@ -23,9 +23,52 @@ struct file_operations;
 
 struct eventfs_file;
 
+/**
+ * eventfs_callback - A callback function to create dynamic files in eventfs
+ * @name: The name of the file that is to be created
+ * @mode: return the file mode for the file (RW access, etc)
+ * @data: data to pass to the created file ops
+ * @fops: the file operations of the created file
+ *
+ * The evetnfs files are dynamically created. The struct eventfs_entry array
+ * is passed to eventfs_create_dir() or eventfs_create_events_dir() that will
+ * be used to create the files within those directories. When a lookup
+ * or access to a file within the directory is made, the struct eventfs_entry
+ * array is used to find a callback() with the matching name that is being
+ * referenced (for lookups, the entire array is iterated and each callback
+ * will be called).
+ *
+ * The callback will be called with @name for the name of the file to create.
+ * The callback can return less than 1 to indicate  that no file should be
+ * created.
+ *
+ * If a file is to be created, then @mode should be populated with the file
+ * mode (permissions) for which the file is created for. This would be
+ * used to set the created inode i_mode field.
+ *
+ * The @data should be set to the data passed to the other file operations
+ * (read, write, etc). Note, @data will also point to the data passed in
+ * to eventfs_create_dir() or eventfs_create_events_dir(), but the callback
+ * can replace the data if it chooses to. Otherwise, the original data
+ * will be used for the file operation functions.
+ *
+ * The @fops should be set to the file operations that will be used to create
+ * the inode.
+ *
+ * NB. This callback is called while holding internal locks of the eventfs
+ *     system. The callback must not call any code that might also call into
+ *     the tracefs or eventfs system or it will risk creating a deadlock.
+ */
 typedef int (*eventfs_callback)(const char *name, umode_t *mode, void **data,
 				const struct file_operations **fops);
 
+/**
+ * struct eventfs_entry - dynamically created eventfs file call back handler
+ * @name:	Then name of the dynamic file in an eventfs directory
+ * @callback:	The callback to get the fops of the file when it is created
+ *
+ * See evenfs_callback() typedef for how to set up @callback.
+ */
 struct eventfs_entry {
 	const char			*name;
 	eventfs_callback		callback;