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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/6] proc: add proc_splice_unmountable()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:43:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111224250.73064-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111224250.73064-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit 32a0a965b8a5b7b505babae2ee10c513ede376d8 ]

Add a tiny procfs helper to splice a dentry that cannot be mounted upon.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240806-work-procfs-v1-3-fb04e1d09f0c@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: eeecea75ece2 ("proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/proc/internal.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 9c4a5540296fc..2c652681172b8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -332,3 +332,16 @@ static inline void pde_force_lookup(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 	/* /proc/net/ entries can be changed under us by setns(CLONE_NEWNET) */
 	pde->proc_dops = &proc_net_dentry_ops;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Add a new procfs dentry that can't serve as a mountpoint. That should
+ * encompass anything that is ephemeral and can just disappear while the
+ * process is still around.
+ */
+static inline struct dentry *proc_splice_unmountable(struct inode *inode,
+		struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *d_ops)
+{
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, d_ops);
+	dont_mount(dentry);
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+}
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 11:13 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:43 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/6] /proc/sys: use d_splice_alias() calling conventions to simplify failure exits Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:43   ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-11 22:43   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/6] procfs: kill ->proc_dops Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:43   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/6] new helper: d_splice_alias_ops() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:43   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 5/6] switch procfs from d_set_d_op() to d_splice_alias_ops() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:43   ` [PATCH 5.15.y 6/6] proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint Sasha Levin

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