[PATCH 2/3] kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() to sysfs.h

From: Yury Norov (NVIDIA)

Date: Sat Nov 29 2025 - 14:53:08 EST


The macro is related to sysfs, but is defined in kernel.h. Move it to
the proper header, and unload the generic kernel.h.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 12 ------------
include/linux/moduleparam.h | 2 +-
include/linux/sysfs.h | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 61d63c57bc2d..5b879bfea948 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -389,16 +389,4 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
# define REBUILD_DUE_TO_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
#endif

-/* Permissions on a sysfs file: you didn't miss the 0 prefix did you? */
-#define VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(perms) \
- (BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) < 0) + \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) > 0777) + \
- /* USER_READABLE >= GROUP_READABLE >= OTHER_READABLE */ \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 4) < (((perms) >> 3) & 4)) + \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 3) & 4) < ((perms) & 4)) + \
- /* USER_WRITABLE >= GROUP_WRITABLE */ \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 2) < (((perms) >> 3) & 2)) + \
- /* OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally considered a bad idea. */ \
- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) & 2) + \
- (perms))
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 6907aedc4f74..4e390a84a8bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
/* (C) Copyright 2001, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM Corporation */
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>

/*
* The maximum module name length, including the NUL byte.
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 9a25a2911652..15ee3ef33991 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -798,4 +798,17 @@ static inline void sysfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
kernfs_put(kn);
}

+/* Permissions on a sysfs file: you didn't miss the 0 prefix did you? */
+#define VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(perms) \
+ (BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) < 0) + \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) > 0777) + \
+ /* USER_READABLE >= GROUP_READABLE >= OTHER_READABLE */ \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 4) < (((perms) >> 3) & 4)) + \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 3) & 4) < ((perms) & 4)) + \
+ /* USER_WRITABLE >= GROUP_WRITABLE */ \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 2) < (((perms) >> 3) & 2)) + \
+ /* OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally considered a bad idea. */ \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) & 2) + \
+ (perms))
+
#endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */
--
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