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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-02-10 03:58:28 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-02-10 03:58:28 +0300 |
| commit | 26c9342bb761e463774a64fb6210b4f95f5bc035 (patch) | |
| tree | 486d504cf5dcfe041eba4d9d5eb468a5a7b81566 /Documentation | |
| parent | 8a5203c630c67d578975ff237413f5e0b5000af8 (diff) | |
| parent | 0787a93baa1aab9fd0cb8500105d11d3d3a58f7a (diff) | |
| download | linux-26c9342bb761e463774a64fb6210b4f95f5bc035.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'pull-filename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs 'struct filename' updates from Al Viro:
"[Mostly] sanitize struct filename handling"
* tag 'pull-filename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (68 commits)
sysfs(2): fs_index() argument is _not_ a pathname
alpha: switch osf_mount() to strndup_user()
ksmbd: use CLASS(filename_kernel)
mqueue: switch to CLASS(filename)
user_statfs(): switch to CLASS(filename)
statx: switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
quotactl_block(): switch to CLASS(filename)
chroot(2): switch to CLASS(filename)
move_mount(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)
namei.c: switch user pathname imports to CLASS(filename{,_flags})
namei.c: convert getname_kernel() callers to CLASS(filename_kernel)
do_f{chmod,chown,access}at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
do_readlinkat(): switch to CLASS(filename_flags)
do_sys_truncate(): switch to CLASS(filename)
do_utimes_path(): switch to CLASS(filename_uflags)
chdir(2): unspaghettify a bit...
do_fchownat(): unspaghettify a bit...
fspick(2): use CLASS(filename_flags)
name_to_handle_at(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
vfs_open_tree(): use CLASS(filename_uflags)
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index ed3ac56e3c76..79e2c3008289 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -1340,3 +1340,14 @@ The ->setlease() file_operation must now be explicitly set in order to provide support for leases. When set to NULL, the kernel will now return -EINVAL to attempts to set a lease. Filesystems that wish to use the kernel-internal lease implementation should set it to generic_setlease(). + +--- + +**mandatory** + +fs/namei.c primitives that consume filesystem references (do_renameat2(), +do_linkat(), do_symlinkat(), do_mkdirat(), do_mknodat(), do_unlinkat() +and do_rmdir()) are gone; they are replaced with non-consuming analogues +(filename_renameat2(), etc.) +Callers are adjusted - responsibility for dropping the filenames belongs +to them now. |