Re: [PATCH v2 18/18] vfs: remove unused ioctl helpers

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Mon Mar 22 2021 - 18:52:58 EST


On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 03:49:16PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Remove vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare(), vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check() and
> simple_fill_fsxattr(), which are no longer used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>

Woo hoo, so much boilerplate goes away!

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
> fs/inode.c | 87 ----------------------------------------------
> include/linux/fs.h | 12 -------
> 2 files changed, 99 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index a047ab306f9a..ae526fd9c0a4 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
> #include <linux/security.h>
> #include <linux/cdev.h>
> #include <linux/memblock.h>
> -#include <linux/fscrypt.h>
> #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
> #include <linux/mount.h>
> #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
> @@ -2314,89 +2313,3 @@ struct timespec64 current_time(struct inode *inode)
> return timestamp_truncate(now, inode);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_time);
> -
> -/*
> - * Generic function to check FS_IOC_SETFLAGS values and reject any invalid
> - * configurations.
> - *
> - * Note: the caller should be holding i_mutex, or else be sure that they have
> - * exclusive access to the inode structure.
> - */
> -int vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare(struct inode *inode, unsigned int oldflags,
> - unsigned int flags)
> -{
> - /*
> - * The IMMUTABLE and APPEND_ONLY flags can only be changed by
> - * the relevant capability.
> - *
> - * This test looks nicer. Thanks to Pauline Middelink
> - */
> - if ((flags ^ oldflags) & (FS_APPEND_FL | FS_IMMUTABLE_FL) &&
> - !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
> - return -EPERM;
> -
> - return fscrypt_prepare_setflags(inode, oldflags, flags);
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare);
> -
> -/*
> - * Generic function to check FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR values and reject any invalid
> - * configurations.
> - *
> - * Note: the caller should be holding i_mutex, or else be sure that they have
> - * exclusive access to the inode structure.
> - */
> -int vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check(struct inode *inode, const struct fsxattr *old_fa,
> - struct fsxattr *fa)
> -{
> - /*
> - * Can't modify an immutable/append-only file unless we have
> - * appropriate permission.
> - */
> - if ((old_fa->fsx_xflags ^ fa->fsx_xflags) &
> - (FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE | FS_XFLAG_APPEND) &&
> - !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
> - return -EPERM;
> -
> - /*
> - * Project Quota ID state is only allowed to change from within the init
> - * namespace. Enforce that restriction only if we are trying to change
> - * the quota ID state. Everything else is allowed in user namespaces.
> - */
> - if (current_user_ns() != &init_user_ns) {
> - if (old_fa->fsx_projid != fa->fsx_projid)
> - return -EINVAL;
> - if ((old_fa->fsx_xflags ^ fa->fsx_xflags) &
> - FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT)
> - return -EINVAL;
> - }
> -
> - /* Check extent size hints. */
> - if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> - if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT) &&
> - !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> - if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE) &&
> - !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> - /*
> - * It is only valid to set the DAX flag on regular files and
> - * directories on filesystems.
> - */
> - if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) &&
> - !(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)))
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> - /* Extent size hints of zero turn off the flags. */
> - if (fa->fsx_extsize == 0)
> - fa->fsx_xflags &= ~(FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE | FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
> - if (fa->fsx_cowextsize == 0)
> - fa->fsx_xflags &= ~FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE;
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check);
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 9e7f6a592a70..1e88ace15004 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -3571,18 +3571,6 @@ extern int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
> extern int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
> int advice);
>
> -int vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare(struct inode *inode, unsigned int oldflags,
> - unsigned int flags);
> -
> -int vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check(struct inode *inode, const struct fsxattr *old_fa,
> - struct fsxattr *fa);
> -
> -static inline void simple_fill_fsxattr(struct fsxattr *fa, __u32 xflags)
> -{
> - memset(fa, 0, sizeof(*fa));
> - fa->fsx_xflags = xflags;
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Flush file data before changing attributes. Caller must hold any locks
> * required to prevent further writes to this file until we're done setting
> --
> 2.30.2
>