* [PATCH 6.12.y] fs: prepare for adding LSM blob to backing_file
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@ 2026-05-05 0:16 ` Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-05-05 0:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable
Cc: Amir Goldstein, linux-fsdevel, linux-unionfs, linux-erofs,
Serge Hallyn, Paul Moore, Sasha Levin
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 880bd496ec72a6dcb00cb70c430ef752ba242ae7 ]
In preparation to adding LSM blob to backing_file struct, factor out
helpers init_backing_file() and backing_file_free().
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
[PM: use the term "LSM blob", fix comment style to match file]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
[ Used kfree() instead of kmem_cache_free(bfilp_cachep, ff) ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/file_table.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index cf3422edf737c..f7661a7087464 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ struct path *backing_file_user_path(struct file *f)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_user_path);
+static inline void backing_file_free(struct backing_file *ff)
+{
+ path_put(&ff->user_path);
+ kfree(ff);
+}
+
static inline void file_free(struct file *f)
{
security_file_free(f);
@@ -67,8 +73,7 @@ static inline void file_free(struct file *f)
percpu_counter_dec(&nr_files);
put_cred(f->f_cred);
if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)) {
- path_put(backing_file_user_path(f));
- kfree(backing_file(f));
+ backing_file_free(backing_file(f));
} else {
kmem_cache_free(filp_cachep, f);
}
@@ -255,6 +260,12 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
return f;
}
+static int init_backing_file(struct backing_file *ff)
+{
+ memset(&ff->user_path, 0, sizeof(ff->user_path));
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Variant of alloc_empty_file() that allocates a backing_file container
* and doesn't check and modify nr_files.
@@ -277,7 +288,14 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_backing_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
return ERR_PTR(error);
}
+ /* The f_mode flags must be set before fput(). */
ff->file.f_mode |= FMODE_BACKING | FMODE_NOACCOUNT;
+ error = init_backing_file(ff);
+ if (unlikely(error)) {
+ fput(&ff->file);
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+ }
+
return &ff->file;
}
--
2.53.0
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