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diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 262e24d83313..8bcdba28b406 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ struct handle_to_path_ctx {
* @get_parent: find the parent of a given directory
* @commit_metadata: commit metadata changes to stable storage
*
+ * Methods for open_by_handle(2) syscall with special kernel file systems:
+ * @permission: custom permission for opening a file by handle
+ * @open: custom open routine for opening file by handle
+ *
* See Documentation/filesystems/nfs/exporting.rst for details on how to use
* this interface correctly and the definition of the flags.
*
@@ -244,10 +248,14 @@ struct handle_to_path_ctx {
* space cannot be allocated, a %ERR_PTR should be returned.
*
* @permission:
- * Allow filesystems to specify a custom permission function.
+ * Allow filesystems to specify a custom permission function for the
+ * open_by_handle_at(2) syscall instead of the default permission check.
+ * This custom permission function is not respected by nfsd.
*
* @open:
- * Allow filesystems to specify a custom open function.
+ * Allow filesystems to specify a custom open function for the
+ * open_by_handle_at(2) syscall instead of the default file_open_root().
+ * This custom open function is not respected by nfsd.
*
* @commit_metadata:
* @commit_metadata should commit metadata changes to stable storage.
@@ -330,6 +338,15 @@ static inline bool exportfs_can_decode_fh(const struct export_operations *nop)
return nop && nop->fh_to_dentry;
}
+static inline bool exportfs_may_export(const struct export_operations *nop)
+{
+ /*
+ * Do not allow nfs export for filesystems with custom ->open() or
+ * ->permission() ops, which nfsd does not respect (e.g. pidfs, nsfs).
+ */
+ return exportfs_can_decode_fh(nop) && !nop->open && !nop->permission;
+}
+
static inline bool exportfs_can_encode_fh(const struct export_operations *nop,
int fh_flags)
{