From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 12/26] fs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for kernel_read_file_from_path_initns()
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:43:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260311-work-kthread-nullfs-v3-12-3dd2cbe92ad0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260311-work-kthread-nullfs-v3-0-3dd2cbe92ad0@kernel.org>
Replace the manual init_task root retrieval with scoped_with_init_fs()
to temporarily override current->fs. This allows using the simpler
filp_open() instead of the init_root() + file_open_root() pattern.
kernel_read_file_from_path_initns() ← fw_get_filesystem_firmware() ←
_request_firmware() ← request_firmware_work_func() ← kworker (async
firmware loading)
Also called synchronously from request_firmware() which can be user or
kthread context.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/kernel_read_file.c | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernel_read_file.c b/fs/kernel_read_file.c
index de32c95d823d..9c2ba9240083 100644
--- a/fs/kernel_read_file.c
+++ b/fs/kernel_read_file.c
@@ -150,18 +150,13 @@ ssize_t kernel_read_file_from_path_initns(const char *path, loff_t offset,
enum kernel_read_file_id id)
{
struct file *file;
- struct path root;
ssize_t ret;
if (!path || !*path)
return -EINVAL;
- task_lock(&init_task);
- get_fs_root(init_task.fs, &root);
- task_unlock(&init_task);
-
- file = file_open_root(&root, path, O_RDONLY, 0);
- path_put(&root);
+ scoped_with_init_fs()
+ file = filp_open(path, O_RDONLY, 0);
if (IS_ERR(file))
return PTR_ERR(file);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-11 21:43 [PATCH RFC v3 00/26] fs,kthread: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 01/26] fs: add switch_fs_struct() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 02/26] fs: notice when init abandons fs sharing Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 03/26] fs: add scoped_with_init_fs() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/26] fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/26] fs: make userspace_init_fs a dynamically-initialized pointer Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/26] rnbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for block device open Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/26] crypto: ccp: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SEV file access Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/26] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for ALUA metadata Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/26] scsi: target: use scoped_with_init_fs() for APTPL metadata Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/26] btrfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for update_dev_time() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/26] coredump: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump path resolution Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for share " Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for filesystem info path lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/26] ksmbd: use scoped_with_init_fs() for VFS path operations Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:43 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/26] pnfs/blocklayout: use scoped_with_init_fs() for SCSI device lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 17/26] initramfs: use scoped_with_init_fs() for rootfs unpacking Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 18/26] af_unix: use scoped_with_init_fs() for coredump socket lookup Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/26] fs: stop sharing fs_struct between init_task and pid 1 Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 20/26] fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 21/26] fs: add kthread_mntns() Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 22:13 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 22/26] devtmpfs: create private mount namespace Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 23/26] nullfs: make nullfs multi-instance Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 24/26] fs: start all kthreads in nullfs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 25/26] fs: stop rewriting kthread fs structs Christian Brauner
2026-03-11 21:44 ` [PATCH RFC v3 26/26] fs: stop rewriting paths for PF_EXITING | PF_DUMPCORE Christian Brauner
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