kernel/linux.git/fs/9p, branch v7.0-rc7

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2026-02-09T23:13:05+00:00

Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner: "This contains a mix of VFS cleanups, performance improvements, API fixes, documentation, and a deprecation notice. Scalability and performance: - Rework pid allocation to only take pidmap_lock once instead of twice during alloc_pid(), improving thread creation/teardown throughput by 10-16% depending on false-sharing luck. Pad the namespace refcount to reduce false-sharing - Track file lock presence via a flag in ->i_opflags instead of reading ->i_flctx, avoiding false-sharing with ->i_readcount on open/close hot paths. Measured 4-16% improvement on 24-core open-in-a-loop benchmarks - Use a consume fence in locks_inode_context() to match the store-release/load-consume idiom, eliminating a hardware fence on some architectures - Annotate cdev_lock with __cacheline_aligned_in_smp to prevent false-sharing - Remove a redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in __follow_mount_rcu() that never fires since the caller already verifies it, eliminating a 100% mispredicted branch - Fix a 100% mispredicted likely() in devcgroup_inode_permission() that became wrong after a prior code reorder Bug fixes and correctness: - Make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction instead of skipping, fixing a corner case where two matching inodes could exist in the hash - Move f_mode initialization before file_ref_init() in alloc_file() to respect the SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU ordering contract - Add a WARN_ON_ONCE guard in try_to_free_buffers() for folios with no buffers attached, preventing a null pointer dereference when AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS is set but no release_folio op exists - Fix select restart_block to store end_time as timespec64, avoiding truncation of tv_sec on 32-bit architectures - Make dump_inode() use get_kernel_nofault() to safely access inode and superblock fields, matching the dump_mapping() pattern API modernization: - Make posix_acl_to_xattr() allocate the buffer internally since every single caller was doing it anyway. Reduces boilerplate and unnecessary error checking across ~15 filesystems - Replace deprecated simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul() for the ihash_entries, dhash_entries, mhash_entries, and mphash_entries boot parameters, adding proper error handling - Convert chardev code to use guard(mutex) and __free(kfree) cleanup patterns - Replace min_t() with min() or umin() in VFS code to avoid silently truncating unsigned long to unsigned int - Gate LOOKUP_RCU assertions behind CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS since callers already check the flag Deprecation: - Begin deprecating legacy BSD process accounting (acct(2)). The interface has numerous footguns and better alternatives exist (eBPF) Documentation: - Fix and complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations, removing duplicated documentation between ReST and source - Fix kernel-doc warnings for __start_dirop() and ilookup5_nowait() Testing: - Add a kunit test for initramfs cpio handling of entries with filesize > PATH_MAX Misc: - Add missing include in fs_struct.c" * tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (28 commits) posix_acl: make posix_acl_to_xattr() alloc the buffer fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction initramfs_test: kunit test for cpio.filesize > PATH_MAX fs: improve dump_inode() to safely access inode fields fs: add for 'init_fs' docs: exportfs: Use source code struct documentation fs: move initializing f_mode before file_ref_init() exportfs: Complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations exportfs: Mark struct export_operations functions at kernel-doc exportfs: Fix kernel-doc output for get_name() acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting device_cgroup: remove branch hint after code refactor VFS: fix __start_dirop() kernel-doc warnings fs: Describe @isnew parameter in ilookup5_nowait() fs/namei: Remove redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in __follow_mount_rcu fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS select: store end_time as timespec64 in restart block chardev: Switch to guard(mutex) and __free(kfree) namespace: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul to parse boot params dcache: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul in set_dhash_entries ...

posix_acl: make posix_acl_to_xattr() alloc the buffer

2026-01-16T09:51:12+00:00

Without exception all caller do that. So move the allocation into the helper. This reduces boilerplate and removes unnecessary error checking. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115122341.556026-1-mszeredi@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

fs: remove simple_nosetlease()

2026-01-12T09:55:48+00:00

Setting ->setlease() to a NULL pointer now has the same effect as setting it to simple_nosetlease(). Remove all of the setlease file_operations that are set to simple_nosetlease, and the function itself. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108-setlease-6-20-v1-24-ea4dec9b67fa@kernel.org Acked-by: Al Viro Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

9p: don't allow delegations to be set on directories

2026-01-12T09:54:47+00:00

With the advent of directory leases, it's necessary to set the ->setlease() handler in directory file_operations to properly deny them. Fixes: e6d28ebc17eb ("filelock: push the S_ISREG check down to ->setlease handlers") Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107-setlease-6-19-v1-3-85f034abcc57@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

Merge tag '9p-for-6.19-rc1' of https://github.com/martinetd/linux

2025-12-07T16:29:09+00:00

Pull 9p updates from Dominique Martinet: - fix a bug with O_APPEND in cached mode causing data to be written multiple times on server - use kvmalloc for trans_fd to avoid problems with large msize and fragmented memory This should hopefully be used in more transports when time allows - convert to new mount API - minor cleanups * tag '9p-for-6.19-rc1' of https://github.com/martinetd/linux: 9p: fix new mount API cache option handling 9p: fix cache/debug options printing in v9fs_show_options 9p: convert to the new mount API 9p: create a v9fs_context structure to hold parsed options net/9p: move structures and macros to header files fs/fs_parse: add back fsparam_u32hex fs/9p: delete unnnecessary condition fs/9p: Don't open remote file with APPEND mode when writeback cache is used net/9p: cleanup: change p9_trans_module->def to bool 9p: Use kvmalloc for message buffers on supported transports

9p: fix new mount API cache option handling

2025-12-05T12:54:05+00:00

After commit 4eb3117888a92, 9p needs to be able to accept numerical cache= mount options as well as the string "shortcuts" because the option is printed numerically in /proc/mounts rather than by string. This was missed in the mount API conversion, which used an enum for the shortcuts and therefore could not handle a numeric equivalent as an argument to the cache option. Fix this by removing the enum and reverting to the slightly more open-coded option handling for Opt_cache, with the reinstated get_cache_mode() helper. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Message-ID: <48cdeec9-5bb9-4c7a-a203-39bb8e0ef443@redhat.com> Tested-by: Remi Pommarel Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet

9p: fix cache/debug options printing in v9fs_show_options

2025-12-05T12:53:16+00:00

commit 4eb3117888a92 changed the cache= option to accept either string shortcuts or bitfield values. It also changed /proc/mounts to emit the option as the hexadecimal numeric value rather than the shortcut string. However, by printing "cache=%x" without the leading 0x, shortcuts such as "cache=loose" will emit "cache=f" and 'f' is not a string that is parseable by kstrtoint(), so remounting may fail if a remount with "cache=f" is attempted. debug=%x has had the same problem since options have been displayed in c4fac9100456 ("9p: Implement show_options") Fix these by adding the 0x prefix to the hexadecimal value shown in /proc/mounts. Fixes: 4eb3117888a92 ("fs/9p: Rework cache modes and add new options to Documentation") Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Message-ID: <54b93378-dcf1-4b04-922d-c8b4393da299@redhat.com> [Dominique: use %#x at Al Viro's suggestion, also handle debug] Tested-by: Remi Pommarel Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet

Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.fs_header' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2025-12-01T22:18:01+00:00

Pull fs header updates from Christian Brauner: "This contains initial work to start splitting up fs.h. Begin the long-overdue work of splitting up the monolithic fs.h header. The header has grown to over 3000 lines and includes types and functions for many different subsystems, making it difficult to navigate and causing excessive compilation dependencies. This series introduces new focused headers for superblock-related code: - Rename fs_types.h to fs_dirent.h to better reflect its actual content (directory entry types) - Add fs/super_types.h containing superblock type definitions - Add fs/super.h containing superblock function declarations This is the first step in a longer effort to modularize the VFS headers. Cleanups: - Inode Field Layout Optimization (Mateusz Guzik) Move inode fields used during fast path lookup closer together to improve cache locality during path resolution. - current_umask() Optimization (Mateusz Guzik) Inline current_umask() and move it to fs_struct.h. This improves performance by avoiding function call overhead for this frequently-used function, and places it in a more appropriate header since it operates on fs_struct" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.fs_header' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: fs: move inode fields used during fast path lookup closer together fs: inline current_umask() and move it to fs_struct.h fs: add fs/super.h header fs: add fs/super_types.h header fs: rename fs_types.h to fs_dirent.h