From 912289ee831d92b377309dc832c0c3ce5906deae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Dobriyan Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:08:42 +0200 Subject: proc: allow to mark /proc files permanent outside of fs/proc/ Add proc_make_permanent() function to mark PDE as permanent to speed up open/read/close (one alloc/free and lock/unlock less). Enable it for built-in code and for compiled-in modules. This function becomes nop magically in modular code. Note, note, note! If built-in code creates and deletes PDEs dynamically (not in init hook), then proc_make_permanent() must not be used. It is intended for simple code: static int __init xxx_module_init(void) { g_pde = proc_create_single(); proc_make_permanent(g_pde); return 0; } static void __exit xxx_module_exit(void) { remove_proc_entry(g_pde); } If module is built-in then exit hook never executed and PDE is permanent so it is OK to mark it as such. If module is module then rmmod will yank PDE, but proc_make_permanent() is nop and core /proc code will do everything right. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260425220844.1763933-2-mjguzik@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- include/linux/proc_fs.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h index 19d1c5e5f335..d2860c18dca9 100644 --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h @@ -248,4 +248,16 @@ static inline struct pid_namespace *proc_pid_ns(struct super_block *sb) bool proc_ns_file(const struct file *file); +#if defined CONFIG_PROC_FS && !defined MODULE +void impl_proc_make_permanent(struct proc_dir_entry *pde); +#endif + +static inline void proc_make_permanent(struct proc_dir_entry *pde) +{ + /* Don't give matches to modules. */ +#if defined CONFIG_PROC_FS && !defined MODULE + impl_proc_make_permanent(pde); +#endif +} + #endif /* _LINUX_PROC_FS_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3