Re: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change_owner()

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 05 Feb 2026, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> Both sysfs_change_owner() and sysfs_file_change_owner() are exported to
> modules, but there are no in-kernel module users, so remove the exports
> so that crazy out-of-tree drivers don't get the impression that it is
> safe to call these functions at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Reported-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>

:)

> ---
>  fs/sysfs/file.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
> index 3825e780cc58..a8176c875f55 100644
> --- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
> @@ -689,7 +689,6 @@ int sysfs_file_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name, kuid_t kuid,
>  
>  	return error;
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_file_change_owner);
>  
>  /**
>   *	sysfs_change_owner - change owner of the given object.
> @@ -736,7 +735,6 @@ int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_change_owner);
>  
>  /**
>   *	sysfs_emit - scnprintf equivalent, aware of PAGE_SIZE buffer.
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]