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<title>Merge tag 'pull-mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-10-03T17:19:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-10-03T17:19:44+00:00</published>
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Pull vfs mount updates from Al Viro:
 "Several piles this cycle, this mount-related one being the largest and
  trickiest:

   - saner handling of guards in fs/namespace.c, getting rid of
     needlessly strong locking in some of the users

   - lock_mount() calling conventions change - have it set the
     environment for attaching to given location, storing the results in
     caller-supplied object, without altering the passed struct path.

     Make unlock_mount() called as __cleanup for those objects. It's not
     exactly guard(), but similar to it

   - MNT_WRITE_HOLD done right.

     mnt_hold_writers() does *not* mess with -&gt;mnt_flags anymore, so
     insertion of a new mount into -&gt;s_mounts of underlying superblock
     does not, in itself, expose -&gt;mnt_flags of that mount to concurrent
     modifications

   - getting rid of pathological cases when umount() spends quadratic
     time removing the victims from propagation graph - part of that had
     been dealt with last cycle, this should finish it

   - a bunch of stuff constified

   - assorted cleanups

* tag 'pull-mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (64 commits)
  constify {__,}mnt_is_readonly()
  WRITE_HOLD machinery: no need for to bump mount_lock seqcount
  struct mount: relocate MNT_WRITE_HOLD bit
  preparations to taking MNT_WRITE_HOLD out of -&gt;mnt_flags
  setup_mnt(): primitive for connecting a mount to filesystem
  simplify the callers of mnt_unhold_writers()
  copy_mnt_ns(): use guards
  copy_mnt_ns(): use the regular mechanism for freeing empty mnt_ns on failure
  open_detached_copy(): separate creation of namespace into helper
  open_detached_copy(): don't bother with mount_lock_hash()
  path_has_submounts(): use guard(mount_locked_reader)
  fs/namespace.c: sanitize descriptions for {__,}lookup_mnt()
  ecryptfs: get rid of pointless mount references in ecryptfs dentries
  umount_tree(): take all victims out of propagation graph at once
  do_mount(): use __free(path_put)
  do_move_mount_old(): use __free(path_put)
  constify can_move_mount_beneath() arguments
  path_umount(): constify struct path argument
  may_copy_tree(), __do_loopback(): constify struct path argument
  path_mount(): constify struct path argument
  ...
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Pull vfs mount updates from Al Viro:
 "Several piles this cycle, this mount-related one being the largest and
  trickiest:

   - saner handling of guards in fs/namespace.c, getting rid of
     needlessly strong locking in some of the users

   - lock_mount() calling conventions change - have it set the
     environment for attaching to given location, storing the results in
     caller-supplied object, without altering the passed struct path.

     Make unlock_mount() called as __cleanup for those objects. It's not
     exactly guard(), but similar to it

   - MNT_WRITE_HOLD done right.

     mnt_hold_writers() does *not* mess with -&gt;mnt_flags anymore, so
     insertion of a new mount into -&gt;s_mounts of underlying superblock
     does not, in itself, expose -&gt;mnt_flags of that mount to concurrent
     modifications

   - getting rid of pathological cases when umount() spends quadratic
     time removing the victims from propagation graph - part of that had
     been dealt with last cycle, this should finish it

   - a bunch of stuff constified

   - assorted cleanups

* tag 'pull-mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (64 commits)
  constify {__,}mnt_is_readonly()
  WRITE_HOLD machinery: no need for to bump mount_lock seqcount
  struct mount: relocate MNT_WRITE_HOLD bit
  preparations to taking MNT_WRITE_HOLD out of -&gt;mnt_flags
  setup_mnt(): primitive for connecting a mount to filesystem
  simplify the callers of mnt_unhold_writers()
  copy_mnt_ns(): use guards
  copy_mnt_ns(): use the regular mechanism for freeing empty mnt_ns on failure
  open_detached_copy(): separate creation of namespace into helper
  open_detached_copy(): don't bother with mount_lock_hash()
  path_has_submounts(): use guard(mount_locked_reader)
  fs/namespace.c: sanitize descriptions for {__,}lookup_mnt()
  ecryptfs: get rid of pointless mount references in ecryptfs dentries
  umount_tree(): take all victims out of propagation graph at once
  do_mount(): use __free(path_put)
  do_move_mount_old(): use __free(path_put)
  constify can_move_mount_beneath() arguments
  path_umount(): constify struct path argument
  may_copy_tree(), __do_loopback(): constify struct path argument
  path_mount(): constify struct path argument
  ...
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<title>VFS: unify old_mnt_idmap and new_mnt_idmap in renamedata</title>
<updated>2025-09-23T10:37:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neil@brown.name</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-22T04:29:50+00:00</published>
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A rename operation can only rename within a single mount.  Callers of
vfs_rename() must and do ensure this is the case.

So there is no point in having two mnt_idmaps in renamedata as they are
always the same.  Only one of them is passed to -&gt;rename in any case.

This patch replaces both with a single "mnt_idmap" and changes all
callers.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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A rename operation can only rename within a single mount.  Callers of
vfs_rename() must and do ensure this is the case.

So there is no point in having two mnt_idmaps in renamedata as they are
always the same.  Only one of them is passed to -&gt;rename in any case.

This patch replaces both with a single "mnt_idmap" and changes all
callers.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>ecryptfs: get rid of pointless mount references in ecryptfs dentries</title>
<updated>2025-09-16T01:26:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-25T02:45:09+00:00</published>
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-&gt;lower_path.mnt has the same value for all dentries on given ecryptfs
instance and if somebody goes for mountpoint-crossing variant where that
would not be true, we can deal with that when it happens (and _not_
with duplicating these reference into each dentry).

As it is, we are better off just sticking a reference into ecryptfs-private
part of superblock and keeping it pinned until -&gt;kill_sb().

That way we can stick a reference to underlying dentry right into -&gt;d_fsdata
of ecryptfs one, getting rid of indirection through struct ecryptfs_dentry_info,
along with the entire struct ecryptfs_dentry_info machinery.

[kudos to Dan Carpenter for spotting a bug in ecryptfs_get_tree() part]

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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-&gt;lower_path.mnt has the same value for all dentries on given ecryptfs
instance and if somebody goes for mountpoint-crossing variant where that
would not be true, we can deal with that when it happens (and _not_
with duplicating these reference into each dentry).

As it is, we are better off just sticking a reference into ecryptfs-private
part of superblock and keeping it pinned until -&gt;kill_sb().

That way we can stick a reference to underlying dentry right into -&gt;d_fsdata
of ecryptfs one, getting rid of indirection through struct ecryptfs_dentry_info,
along with the entire struct ecryptfs_dentry_info machinery.

[kudos to Dan Carpenter for spotting a bug in ecryptfs_get_tree() part]

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-07-28T22:24:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-28T22:24:14+00:00</published>
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Pull fileattr updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces the new file_getattr() and file_setattr() system calls
  after lengthy discussions.

  Both system calls serve as successors and extensible companions to
  the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR and FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR system calls which have
  started to show their age in addition to being named in a way that
  makes it easy to conflate them with extended attribute related
  operations.

  These syscalls allow userspace to set filesystem inode attributes on
  special files. One of the usage examples is the XFS quota projects.

  XFS has project quotas which could be attached to a directory. All new
  inodes in these directories inherit project ID set on parent
  directory.

  The project is created from userspace by opening and calling
  FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR on each inode. This is not possible for special
  files such as FIFO, SOCK, BLK etc. Therefore, some inodes are left
  with empty project ID. Those inodes then are not shown in the quota
  accounting but still exist in the directory. This is not critical but
  in the case when special files are created in the directory with
  already existing project quota, these new inodes inherit extended
  attributes. This creates a mix of special files with and without
  attributes. Moreover, special files with attributes don't have a
  possibility to become clear or change the attributes. This, in turn,
  prevents userspace from re-creating quota project on these existing
  files.

  In addition, these new system calls allow the implementation of
  additional attributes that we couldn't or didn't want to fit into the
  legacy ioctls anymore"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  fs: tighten a sanity check in file_attr_to_fileattr()
  tree-wide: s/struct fileattr/struct file_kattr/g
  fs: introduce file_getattr and file_setattr syscalls
  fs: prepare for extending file_get/setattr()
  fs: make vfs_fileattr_[get|set] return -EOPNOTSUPP
  selinux: implement inode_file_[g|s]etattr hooks
  lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  fs: split fileattr related helpers into separate file
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Pull fileattr updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces the new file_getattr() and file_setattr() system calls
  after lengthy discussions.

  Both system calls serve as successors and extensible companions to
  the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR and FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR system calls which have
  started to show their age in addition to being named in a way that
  makes it easy to conflate them with extended attribute related
  operations.

  These syscalls allow userspace to set filesystem inode attributes on
  special files. One of the usage examples is the XFS quota projects.

  XFS has project quotas which could be attached to a directory. All new
  inodes in these directories inherit project ID set on parent
  directory.

  The project is created from userspace by opening and calling
  FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR on each inode. This is not possible for special
  files such as FIFO, SOCK, BLK etc. Therefore, some inodes are left
  with empty project ID. Those inodes then are not shown in the quota
  accounting but still exist in the directory. This is not critical but
  in the case when special files are created in the directory with
  already existing project quota, these new inodes inherit extended
  attributes. This creates a mix of special files with and without
  attributes. Moreover, special files with attributes don't have a
  possibility to become clear or change the attributes. This, in turn,
  prevents userspace from re-creating quota project on these existing
  files.

  In addition, these new system calls allow the implementation of
  additional attributes that we couldn't or didn't want to fit into the
  legacy ioctls anymore"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  fs: tighten a sanity check in file_attr_to_fileattr()
  tree-wide: s/struct fileattr/struct file_kattr/g
  fs: introduce file_getattr and file_setattr syscalls
  fs: prepare for extending file_get/setattr()
  fs: make vfs_fileattr_[get|set] return -EOPNOTSUPP
  selinux: implement inode_file_[g|s]etattr hooks
  lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  fs: split fileattr related helpers into separate file
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-07-28T20:43:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-28T20:43:25+00:00</published>
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Pull mmap_prepare updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Last cycle we introduce f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() in c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm:
  introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback").

  This is preferred to the existing f_op-&gt;mmap() hook as it does require
  a VMA to be established yet, thus allowing the mmap logic to invoke
  this hook far, far earlier, prior to inserting a VMA into the virtual
  address space, or performing any other heavy handed operations.

  This allows for much simpler unwinding on error, and for there to be a
  single attempt at merging a VMA rather than having to possibly
  reattempt a merge based on potentially altered VMA state.

  Far more importantly, it prevents inappropriate manipulation of
  incompletely initialised VMA state, which is something that has been
  the cause of bugs and complexity in the past.

  The intent is to gradually deprecate f_op-&gt;mmap, and in that vein this
  series coverts the majority of file systems to using f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare.

  Prerequisite steps are taken - firstly ensuring all checks for mmap
  capabilities use the file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper rather than
  directly checking for f_op-&gt;mmap (which is now not a valid check) and
  secondly updating daxdev_mapping_supported() to not require a VMA
  parameter to allow ext4 and xfs to be converted.

  Commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
  nested file systems") handles the nasty edge-case of nested file
  systems like overlayfs, which introduces a compatibility shim to allow
  f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() to be invoked from an f_op-&gt;mmap() callback.

  This allows for nested filesystems to continue to function correctly
  with all file systems regardless of which callback is used. Once we
  finally convert all file systems, this shim can be removed.

  As a result, ecryptfs, fuse, and overlayfs remain unaltered so they
  can nest all other file systems.

  We additionally do not update resctl - as this requires an update to
  remap_pfn_range() (or an alternative to it) which we defer to a later
  series, equally we do not update cramfs which needs a mixed mapping
  insertion with the same issue, nor do we update procfs, hugetlbfs,
  syfs or kernfs all of which require VMAs for internal state and hooks.
  We shall return to all of these later"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  doc: update porting, vfs documentation to describe mmap_prepare()
  fs: replace mmap hook with .mmap_prepare for simple mappings
  fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()
  fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()
  mm/filemap: introduce generic_file_*_mmap_prepare() helpers
  fs/xfs: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/ext4: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/dax: make it possible to check dev dax support without a VMA
  fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
  mm/nommu: use file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper
  mm: rename call_mmap/mmap_prepare to vfs_mmap/mmap_prepare
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Pull mmap_prepare updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Last cycle we introduce f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() in c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm:
  introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback").

  This is preferred to the existing f_op-&gt;mmap() hook as it does require
  a VMA to be established yet, thus allowing the mmap logic to invoke
  this hook far, far earlier, prior to inserting a VMA into the virtual
  address space, or performing any other heavy handed operations.

  This allows for much simpler unwinding on error, and for there to be a
  single attempt at merging a VMA rather than having to possibly
  reattempt a merge based on potentially altered VMA state.

  Far more importantly, it prevents inappropriate manipulation of
  incompletely initialised VMA state, which is something that has been
  the cause of bugs and complexity in the past.

  The intent is to gradually deprecate f_op-&gt;mmap, and in that vein this
  series coverts the majority of file systems to using f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare.

  Prerequisite steps are taken - firstly ensuring all checks for mmap
  capabilities use the file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper rather than
  directly checking for f_op-&gt;mmap (which is now not a valid check) and
  secondly updating daxdev_mapping_supported() to not require a VMA
  parameter to allow ext4 and xfs to be converted.

  Commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
  nested file systems") handles the nasty edge-case of nested file
  systems like overlayfs, which introduces a compatibility shim to allow
  f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare() to be invoked from an f_op-&gt;mmap() callback.

  This allows for nested filesystems to continue to function correctly
  with all file systems regardless of which callback is used. Once we
  finally convert all file systems, this shim can be removed.

  As a result, ecryptfs, fuse, and overlayfs remain unaltered so they
  can nest all other file systems.

  We additionally do not update resctl - as this requires an update to
  remap_pfn_range() (or an alternative to it) which we defer to a later
  series, equally we do not update cramfs which needs a mixed mapping
  insertion with the same issue, nor do we update procfs, hugetlbfs,
  syfs or kernfs all of which require VMAs for internal state and hooks.
  We shall return to all of these later"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  doc: update porting, vfs documentation to describe mmap_prepare()
  fs: replace mmap hook with .mmap_prepare for simple mappings
  fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()
  fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()
  mm/filemap: introduce generic_file_*_mmap_prepare() helpers
  fs/xfs: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/ext4: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/dax: make it possible to check dev dax support without a VMA
  fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
  mm/nommu: use file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper
  mm: rename call_mmap/mmap_prepare to vfs_mmap/mmap_prepare
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-07-28T18:22:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-28T18:22:56+00:00</published>
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Pull misc VFS updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains the usual selections of misc updates for this cycle.

  Features:

   - Add ext4 IOCB_DONTCACHE support

     This refactors the address_space_operations write_begin() and
     write_end() callbacks to take const struct kiocb * as their first
     argument, allowing IOCB flags such as IOCB_DONTCACHE to propagate
     to the filesystem's buffered I/O path.

     Ext4 is updated to implement handling of the IOCB_DONTCACHE flag
     and advertises support via the FOP_DONTCACHE file operation flag.

     Additionally, the i915 driver's shmem write paths are updated to
     bypass the legacy write_begin/write_end interface in favor of
     directly calling write_iter() with a constructed synchronous kiocb.
     Another i915 change replaces a manual write loop with
     kernel_write() during GEM shmem object creation.

  Cleanups:

   - don't duplicate vfs_open() in kernel_file_open()

   - proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check

   - fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function

   - vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from
     evict_inodes()

   - filelock: add new locks_wake_up_waiter() helper

   - fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()

   - VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys

   - netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()

  Fixes:

   - eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion

   - eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning

   - fs/read_write: Fix spelling typo

   - fs: annotate data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and
     pollwake()

   - fs/pipe: set FMODE_NOWAIT in create_pipe_files()

   - docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem

   - fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize

   - fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()

   - fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize &lt;= PAGE_SIZE in
     generic_check_addressable

   - fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro

   - fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (24 commits)
  netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()
  eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning
  ext4: support uncached buffered I/O
  mm/pagemap: add write_begin_get_folio() helper function
  fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *
  drm/i915: Refactor shmem_pwrite() to use kiocb and write_iter
  drm/i915: Use kernel_write() in shmem object create
  eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion
  vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from evict_inodes()
  fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize &lt;= PAGE_SIZE in generic_check_addressable
  fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()
  fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX
  fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()
  fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function
  fs: annotate suspected data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and pollwake()
  docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem
  fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize
  fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro
  VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys
  proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check
  ...
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Pull misc VFS updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains the usual selections of misc updates for this cycle.

  Features:

   - Add ext4 IOCB_DONTCACHE support

     This refactors the address_space_operations write_begin() and
     write_end() callbacks to take const struct kiocb * as their first
     argument, allowing IOCB flags such as IOCB_DONTCACHE to propagate
     to the filesystem's buffered I/O path.

     Ext4 is updated to implement handling of the IOCB_DONTCACHE flag
     and advertises support via the FOP_DONTCACHE file operation flag.

     Additionally, the i915 driver's shmem write paths are updated to
     bypass the legacy write_begin/write_end interface in favor of
     directly calling write_iter() with a constructed synchronous kiocb.
     Another i915 change replaces a manual write loop with
     kernel_write() during GEM shmem object creation.

  Cleanups:

   - don't duplicate vfs_open() in kernel_file_open()

   - proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check

   - fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function

   - vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from
     evict_inodes()

   - filelock: add new locks_wake_up_waiter() helper

   - fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()

   - VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys

   - netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()

  Fixes:

   - eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion

   - eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning

   - fs/read_write: Fix spelling typo

   - fs: annotate data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and
     pollwake()

   - fs/pipe: set FMODE_NOWAIT in create_pipe_files()

   - docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem

   - fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize

   - fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()

   - fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize &lt;= PAGE_SIZE in
     generic_check_addressable

   - fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro

   - fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (24 commits)
  netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()
  eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning
  ext4: support uncached buffered I/O
  mm/pagemap: add write_begin_get_folio() helper function
  fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *
  drm/i915: Refactor shmem_pwrite() to use kiocb and write_iter
  drm/i915: Use kernel_write() in shmem object create
  eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion
  vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from evict_inodes()
  fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize &lt;= PAGE_SIZE in generic_check_addressable
  fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()
  fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX
  fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()
  fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function
  fs: annotate suspected data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and pollwake()
  docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem
  fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize
  fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro
  VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys
  proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check
  ...
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<title>fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *</title>
<updated>2025-07-16T12:48:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Taotao Chen</name>
<email>chentaotao@didiglobal.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-16T09:36:06+00:00</published>
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Change the address_space_operations callbacks write_begin() and
write_end() to take struct kiocb * as the first argument instead of
struct file *.

Update all affected function prototypes, implementations, call sites,
and related documentation across VFS, filesystems, and block layer.

Part of a series refactoring address_space_operations write_begin and
write_end callbacks to use struct kiocb for passing write context and
flags.

Signed-off-by: Taotao Chen &lt;chentaotao@didiglobal.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716093559.217344-4-chentaotao@didiglobal.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Change the address_space_operations callbacks write_begin() and
write_end() to take struct kiocb * as the first argument instead of
struct file *.

Update all affected function prototypes, implementations, call sites,
and related documentation across VFS, filesystems, and block layer.

Part of a series refactoring address_space_operations write_begin and
write_end callbacks to use struct kiocb for passing write context and
flags.

Signed-off-by: Taotao Chen &lt;chentaotao@didiglobal.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716093559.217344-4-chentaotao@didiglobal.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>tree-wide: s/struct fileattr/struct file_kattr/g</title>
<updated>2025-07-04T14:14:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-03T07:36:41+00:00</published>
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Now that we expose struct file_attr as our uapi struct rename all the
internal struct to struct file_kattr to clearly communicate that it is a
kernel internal struct. This is similar to struct mount_{k}attr and
others.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250703-restlaufzeit-baurecht-9ed44552b481@brauner
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that we expose struct file_attr as our uapi struct rename all the
internal struct to struct file_kattr to clearly communicate that it is a
kernel internal struct. This is similar to struct mount_{k}attr and
others.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250703-restlaufzeit-baurecht-9ed44552b481@brauner
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function</title>
<updated>2025-06-23T12:12:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ankit Chauhan</name>
<email>ankitchauhan2065@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-19T03:15:36+00:00</published>
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Use sysfs_emit() instead of snprintf() in version_show() function to
follow the preferred kernel API.

Signed-off-by: Ankit Chauhan &lt;ankitchauhan2065@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250619031536.19352-1-ankitchauhan2065@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Use sysfs_emit() instead of snprintf() in version_show() function to
follow the preferred kernel API.

Signed-off-by: Ankit Chauhan &lt;ankitchauhan2065@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250619031536.19352-1-ankitchauhan2065@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper</title>
<updated>2025-06-17T11:47:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-16T19:33:22+00:00</published>
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Since commit c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op-&gt;mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare().

Additionally, commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility
layer for nested file systems") permits the use of the .mmap_prepare() hook
even in nested filesystems like overlayfs.

There are a number of places where we check only for f_op-&gt;mmap - this is
incorrect now mmap_prepare exists, so update all of these to use the
general helper can_mmap_file().

Most notably, this updates the elf logic to allow for the ability to
execute binaries on filesystems which have the .mmap_prepare hook, but
additionally we update nested filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/b68145b609532e62bab603dd9686faa6562046ec.1750099179.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Since commit c84bf6dd2b83 ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op-&gt;mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op-&gt;mmap_prepare().

Additionally, commit bb666b7c2707 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility
layer for nested file systems") permits the use of the .mmap_prepare() hook
even in nested filesystems like overlayfs.

There are a number of places where we check only for f_op-&gt;mmap - this is
incorrect now mmap_prepare exists, so update all of these to use the
general helper can_mmap_file().

Most notably, this updates the elf logic to allow for the ability to
execute binaries on filesystems which have the .mmap_prepare hook, but
additionally we update nested filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/b68145b609532e62bab603dd9686faa6562046ec.1750099179.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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