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kernfs: pass struct ns_common instead of const void * for namespace tags

2026-04-09T12:36:52+00:00

kernfs has historically used const void * to pass around namespace tags used for directory-level namespace filtering. The only current user of this is sysfs network namespace tagging where struct net pointers are cast to void *. Replace all const void * namespace parameters with const struct ns_common * throughout the kernfs, sysfs, and kobject namespace layers. This includes the kobj_ns_type_operations callbacks, kobject_namespace(), and all sysfs/kernfs APIs that accept or return namespace tags. Passing struct ns_common is needed because various codepaths require access to the underlying namespace. A struct ns_common can always be converted back to the concrete namespace type (e.g., struct net) via container_of() or to_ns_common() in the reverse direction. This is a preparatory change for switching to ns_id-based directory iteration to prevent a KASLR pointer leak through the current use of raw namespace pointers as hash seeds and comparison keys. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

docs: filesystems: fix renamed references

2020-04-20T21:45:22+00:00

Some filesystem references got broken by a previous patch series I submitted. Address those. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Acked-by: David Sterba # fs/affs/Kconfig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57318c53008dbda7f6f4a5a9e5787f4d37e8565a.1586881715.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

sysfs: convert BUG_ON to WARN_ON

2019-01-07T07:53:32+00:00

It's rude to crash the system just because the developer did something wrong, as it prevents them from usually even seeing what went wrong. So convert the few BUG_ON() calls that have snuck into the sysfs code over the years to WARN_ON() to make it more "friendly". All of these are able to be recovered from, so it makes no sense to crash. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs: symlink: export sysfs_create_link_nowarn()

2018-03-20T01:14:26+00:00

The sysfs_create_link_nowarn() is going to be used in phylib framework in subsequent patch which can be built as module. Hence, export sysfs_create_link_nowarn() to avoid build errors. Cc: Florian Fainelli Cc: Andrew Lunn Fixes: a3995460491d ("net: phy: Relax error checking on sysfs_create_link()") Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

sysfs: use SPDX identifiers

2018-01-23T09:19:10+00:00

Move the license "mark" of the sysfs files to be in SPDX form, instead of the custom text that it currently is in. This is in a quest to get rid of the 700+ different ways we say "GPLv2" in the kernel tree. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernfs: s/sysfs/kernfs/ in constants

2013-12-12T01:39:20+00:00

kernfs has just been separated out from sysfs and we're already in full conflict mode. Nothing can make the situation any worse. Let's take the chance to name things properly. This patch performs the following renames. * s/SYSFS_DIR/KERNFS_DIR/ * s/SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR/KERNFS_FILE/ * s/SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK/KERNFS_LINK/ * s/SYSFS_{TYPE_FLAGS}/KERNFS_{TYPE_FLAGS}/ * s/SYSFS_FLAG_{FLAG}/KERNFS_{FLAG}/ * s/sysfs_type()/kernfs_type()/ * s/SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS/KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS/ This patch is strictly rename only and doesn't introduce any functional difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernfs: drop s_ prefix from kernfs_node members

2013-12-11T23:43:48+00:00

kernfs has just been separated out from sysfs and we're already in full conflict mode. Nothing can make the situation any worse. Let's take the chance to name things properly. s_ prefix for kernfs members is used inconsistently and a misnomer now. It's not like kernfs_node is used widely across the kernel making the ability to grep for the members particularly useful. Let's just drop the prefix. This patch is strictly rename only and doesn't introduce any functional difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernfs: s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/ and rename its friends accordingly

2013-12-11T23:28:36+00:00

kernfs has just been separated out from sysfs and we're already in full conflict mode. Nothing can make the situation any worse. Let's take the chance to name things properly. This patch performs the following renames. * s/sysfs_elem_dir/kernfs_elem_dir/ * s/sysfs_elem_symlink/kernfs_elem_symlink/ * s/sysfs_elem_attr/kernfs_elem_file/ * s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/ * s/sd/kn/ in kernfs proper * s/parent_sd/parent/ * s/target_sd/target/ * s/dir_sd/parent/ * s/to_sysfs_dirent()/rb_to_kn()/ * misc renames of local vars when they conflict with the above Because md, mic and gpio dig into sysfs details, this patch ends up modifying them. All are sysfs_dirent renames and trivial. While we can avoid these by introducing a dummy wrapping struct sysfs_dirent around kernfs_node, given the limited usage outside kernfs and sysfs proper, I don't think such workaround is called for. This patch is strictly rename only and doesn't introduce any functional difference. - mic / gpio renames were missing. Spotted by kbuild test robot. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Neil Brown Cc: Linus Walleij Cc: Ashutosh Dixit Cc: kbuild test robot Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs, kernfs: implement kernfs_ns_enabled()

2013-11-30T02:41:28+00:00

fs/sysfs/symlink.c::sysfs_delete_link() tests @sd->s_flags for SYSFS_FLAG_NS. Let's add kernfs_ns_enabled() so that sysfs doesn't have to test sysfs_dirent flag directly. This makes things tidier for kernfs proper too. This is purely cosmetic. v2: To avoid possible NULL deref, use noop dummy implementation which always returns false when !CONFIG_SYSFS. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sysfs, kernfs: introduce sysfs_root_sd

2013-11-30T02:09:27+00:00

Currently, it's assumed that there's a single kernfs hierarchy in the system anchored at sysfs_root which is defined as a global struct. To allow other users of kernfs, this will be made dynamic. Introduce a new global variable sysfs_root_sd which points to &sysfs_root and convert all &sysfs_root users. This patch doesn't introduce any behavior difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman