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authorAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>2026-06-29 15:03:36 +0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-07-04 13:43:31 +0200
commit28f020bce41540e6cb27ee2565929c75d11e28d1 (patch)
treeafe92af2a55eeaec58d762c35fbe0ae01fe12601
parent46f201f8b4c39633a1fa3dc12459f506d470993d (diff)
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fs: constify file ptr in backing_file accessor helpers
[ Upstream commit 4e301d858af17ae2ce56886296e5458c5a08219a ] Add internal helper backing_file_set_user_path() for the only two cases that need to modify backing_file fields. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250607115304.2521155-2-amir73il@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Cai Xinchen <caixinchen1@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--fs/backing-file.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/file_table.c13
-rw-r--r--fs/internal.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h6
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/backing-file.c b/fs/backing-file.c
index 09a9be945d45..892361c31c3d 100644
--- a/fs/backing-file.c
+++ b/fs/backing-file.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
return f;
path_get(user_path);
- *backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
+ backing_file_set_user_path(f, user_path);
error = vfs_open(real_path, f);
if (error) {
fput(f);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct file *backing_tmpfile_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
return f;
path_get(user_path);
- *backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
+ backing_file_set_user_path(f, user_path);
error = vfs_tmpfile(real_idmap, real_parentpath, f, mode);
if (error) {
fput(f);
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 2a08bc93b0b9..75a1908d51a9 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -48,17 +48,20 @@ struct backing_file {
struct path user_path;
};
-static inline struct backing_file *backing_file(struct file *f)
-{
- return container_of(f, struct backing_file, file);
-}
+#define backing_file(f) container_of(f, struct backing_file, file)
-struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f)
+struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f)
{
return &backing_file(f)->user_path;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_user_path);
+void backing_file_set_user_path(struct file *f, const struct path *path)
+{
+ backing_file(f)->user_path = *path;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_set_user_path);
+
static inline void backing_file_free(struct backing_file *ff)
{
path_put(&ff->user_path);
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 8c1b7acbbe8f..a4352d333c61 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ extern void chroot_fs_refs(const struct path *, const struct path *);
struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred);
struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred);
struct file *alloc_empty_backing_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred);
+void backing_file_set_user_path(struct file *f, const struct path *path);
static inline void file_put_write_access(struct file *file)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 87720e1b5419..70bbc00a2bd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
const struct cred *creds);
struct file *dentry_create(const struct path *path, int flags, umode_t mode,
const struct cred *cred);
-struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f);
+struct path *backing_file_user_path(const struct file *f);
/*
* When mmapping a file on a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs), the file
@@ -2750,14 +2750,14 @@ struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f);
* by fstat() on that same fd.
*/
/* Get the path to display in /proc/<pid>/maps */
-static inline const struct path *file_user_path(struct file *f)
+static inline const struct path *file_user_path(const struct file *f)
{
if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING))
return backing_file_user_path(f);
return &f->f_path;
}
/* Get the inode whose inode number to display in /proc/<pid>/maps */
-static inline const struct inode *file_user_inode(struct file *f)
+static inline const struct inode *file_user_inode(const struct file *f)
{
if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING))
return d_inode(backing_file_user_path(f)->dentry);