memfd: export alloc_file()

Patch series "mm: memfd_luo hotfixes".

This series contains a couple of fixes for memfd preservation using LUO.


This patch (of 3):

The Live Update Orchestrator's (LUO) memfd preservation works by
preserving all the folios of a memfd, re-creating an empty memfd on the
next boot, and then inserting back the preserved folios.

Currently it creates the file by directly calling shmem_file_setup(). 
This leaves out other work done by alloc_file() like setting up the file
mode, flags, or calling the security hooks.

Export alloc_file() to let memfd_luo use it.  Rename it to
memfd_alloc_file() since it is no longer private and thus needs a
subsystem prefix.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122151842.4069702-1-pratyush@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122151842.4069702-2-pratyush@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index ab5312aff14b..f032c6052926 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ err_name:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-static struct file *alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
+struct file *memfd_alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned int *file_seals;
 	struct file *file;
@@ -520,5 +520,5 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create,
 		return PTR_ERR(name);
 
 	fd_flags = (flags & MFD_CLOEXEC) ? O_CLOEXEC : 0;
-	return FD_ADD(fd_flags, alloc_file(name, flags));
+	return FD_ADD(fd_flags, memfd_alloc_file(name, flags));
 }