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From: NeilBrown <neilb@ownmail.net>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netfs@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/15] VFS: make lookup_one_qstr_excl() static.
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:06:23 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260223011210.3853517-9-neilb@ownmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223011210.3853517-1-neilb@ownmail.net>

From: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>

lookup_one_qstr_excl() is no longer used outside of namei.c, so
make it static.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | 7 +++++++
 fs/namei.c                            | 5 ++---
 include/linux/namei.h                 | 3 ---
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 52ff1d19405b..1dd31ab417a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1361,3 +1361,10 @@ to match what strlen() would return if it was ran on the string.
 
 However, if the string is freely accessible for the duration of inode's
 lifetime, consider using inode_set_cached_link() instead.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+lookup_one_qstr_excl() is no longer exported - use start_creating() or
+similar.
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d80b81a1f06a..e6a3717d7065 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1782,8 +1782,8 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_dcache(const struct qstr *name,
  * Will return -ENOENT if name isn't found and LOOKUP_CREATE wasn't passed.
  * Will return -EEXIST if name is found and LOOKUP_EXCL was passed.
  */
-struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
-				    struct dentry *base, unsigned int flags)
+static struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
+					   struct dentry *base, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct dentry *old;
@@ -1820,7 +1820,6 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
 	}
 	return dentry;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_qstr_excl);
 
 /**
  * lookup_fast - do fast lockless (but racy) lookup of a dentry
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 58600cf234bc..c7a7288cdd25 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ extern int path_pts(struct path *path);
 
 extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);
 
-struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
-				    struct dentry *base,
-				    unsigned int flags);
 extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
 struct dentry *kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct path *parent);
 
-- 
2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-23  1:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-23  1:06 [PATCH v2 00/15] Further centralising of directory locking for name ops NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] VFS: note error returns is documentation for various lookup functions NeilBrown
2026-02-23 13:52   ` Chris Mason
2026-02-23 22:04     ` NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] fs/proc: Don't lock root inode when creating "self" and "thread-self" NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] VFS: move the start_dirop() kerndoc comment to before start_dirop() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] libfs: change simple_done_creating() to use end_creating() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] Apparmor: Use simple_start_creating() / simple_done_creating() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] selinux: " NeilBrown
2026-02-23 13:24   ` Chris Mason
2026-02-23 17:31     ` Paul Moore
2026-02-23 22:07       ` NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] nfsd: switch purge_old() to use start_removing_noperm() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` NeilBrown [this message]
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] ovl: Simplify ovl_lookup_real_one() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  9:49   ` Amir Goldstein
2026-02-23 13:13   ` Chris Mason
2026-02-23 13:42     ` Amir Goldstein
2026-02-23 22:21       ` NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] cachefiles: change cachefiles_bury_object to use start_renaming_dentry() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] ovl: pass name buffer to ovl_start_creating_temp() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  9:35   ` Amir Goldstein
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] ovl: change ovl_create_real() to get a new lock when re-opening created file NeilBrown
2026-02-23  9:39   ` Amir Goldstein
2026-02-23 13:23   ` Chris Mason
2026-02-23 22:30     ` NeilBrown
2026-02-24  9:20     ` Christian Brauner
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] ovl: use is_subdir() for testing if one thing is a subdir of another NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] ovl: remove ovl_lock_rename_workdir() NeilBrown
2026-02-23  1:06 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] VFS: unexport lock_rename(), lock_rename_child(), unlock_rename() NeilBrown

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