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authorNeilBrown <neil@brown.name>2026-02-25 01:17:00 +0300
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-03-09 11:43:04 +0300
commit4d94ce88c77e74830a5b9d02ecb8286039ffa494 (patch)
tree4ec25b06df03712f79604861e64ecea13ed8369b
parent54d7ea7324e65023ec931ddb470019db066c165d (diff)
downloadlinux-4d94ce88c77e74830a5b9d02ecb8286039ffa494.tar.xz
VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename()
These three function are now only used in namei.c, so they don't need to be exported. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224222542.3458677-16-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst7
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c9
-rw-r--r--include/linux/namei.h3
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 1dd31ab417a2..d02aa57e4477 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1368,3 +1368,10 @@ lifetime, consider using inode_set_cached_link() instead.
lookup_one_qstr_excl() is no longer exported - use start_creating() or
similar.
+---
+
+** mandatory**
+
+lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename() are no
+longer available. Use start_renaming() or similar.
+
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a5daa62399d7..77189335bbcc 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3775,7 +3775,7 @@ static struct dentry *lock_two_directories(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
/*
* p1 and p2 should be directories on the same fs.
*/
-struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
+static struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
{
if (p1 == p2) {
inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
@@ -3785,12 +3785,11 @@ struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
mutex_lock(&p1->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex);
return lock_two_directories(p1, p2);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_rename);
/*
* c1 and p2 should be on the same fs.
*/
-struct dentry *lock_rename_child(struct dentry *c1, struct dentry *p2)
+static struct dentry *lock_rename_child(struct dentry *c1, struct dentry *p2)
{
if (READ_ONCE(c1->d_parent) == p2) {
/*
@@ -3827,9 +3826,8 @@ struct dentry *lock_rename_child(struct dentry *c1, struct dentry *p2)
mutex_unlock(&c1->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex);
return NULL;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_rename_child);
-void unlock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
+static void unlock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
{
inode_unlock(p1->d_inode);
if (p1 != p2) {
@@ -3837,7 +3835,6 @@ void unlock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
mutex_unlock(&p1->d_sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
/**
* __start_renaming - lookup and lock names for rename
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index c7a7288cdd25..2ad6dd9987b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
extern int follow_down(struct path *path, unsigned int flags);
extern int follow_up(struct path *);
-extern struct dentry *lock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
-extern struct dentry *lock_rename_child(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
-extern void unlock_rename(struct dentry *, struct dentry *);
int start_renaming(struct renamedata *rd, int lookup_flags,
struct qstr *old_last, struct qstr *new_last);
int start_renaming_dentry(struct renamedata *rd, int lookup_flags,