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[80.187.86.54]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4bb4e2538b9sm244439965e9.1.2026.11.13.02.25.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 13 Nov 2026 02:25:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 38/41] fuse: refuse files on pseudo filesystems as passthrough backing files From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn To: Christoph Hellwig , Christian Brauner Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jann Horn , Chris Mason , Josef Bacik , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, Alexander Viro , Jan Kara , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org, apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, Amir Goldstein , linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:25:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20261111151202.GA11391@lst.de> References: <20261110-work-loop-pseudo-v1-0-4c998976c6c7@kernel.org> <20261110-work-loop-pseudo-v1-38-4c998976c6c7@kernel.org> <20261111151202.GA11391@lst.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2-0+deb13u1 X-Mailing-List: driver-core@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi Christoph, On Wed, 2026-11-11 at 16:12 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > I've seen setups where people use fuse to mediate access to sysfs > sysfs in odd ways.=C2=A0 No idea if that's still around, but if so, this > patch will break it. Oh, that's painful. Do they use backing files for that? It's a relatively new feature in FUSE... Kind regards, Alex