[PATCH RFC DRAFT POC 07/11] block: add bdev_file_open_init()

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 08:58:25 EST


Add a helper to open a block device from a kthread.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/bdev.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index ed022f8c48c7..79152c3ffa76 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,20 @@ struct file *bdev_file_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_file_open_by_dev);

+static int validate_bdev(const struct path *path, dev_t *dev)
+{
+ struct inode *inode;
+
+ inode = d_backing_inode(path->dentry);
+ if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
+ return -ENOTBLK;
+ if (!may_open_dev(path))
+ return -EACCES;
+
+ *dev = inode->i_rdev;
+ return 0;
+}
+
struct file *bdev_file_open_by_path(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode,
void *holder,
const struct blk_holder_ops *hops)
@@ -1107,6 +1121,35 @@ struct file *bdev_file_open_by_path(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_file_open_by_path);

+struct file *bdev_file_open_init(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode,
+ void *holder,
+ const struct blk_holder_ops *hops)
+{
+ struct path p __free(path_put) = {};
+ struct file *file;
+ dev_t dev;
+ int error;
+
+ error = kern_path(path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_IN_INIT, &p);
+ if (error)
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+ error = validate_bdev(&p, &dev);
+ if (error)
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+ file = bdev_file_open_by_dev(dev, mode, holder, hops);
+ if (!IS_ERR(file) && (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE)) {
+ if (bdev_read_only(file_bdev(file))) {
+ fput(file);
+ file = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_file_open_init);
+
static inline void bd_yield_claim(struct file *bdev_file)
{
struct block_device *bdev = file_bdev(bdev_file);
@@ -1211,8 +1254,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_fput);
*/
int lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, dev_t *dev)
{
- struct inode *inode;
- struct path path;
+ struct path path __free(path_put) = {};
int error;

if (!pathname || !*pathname)
@@ -1222,19 +1264,7 @@ int lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, dev_t *dev)
if (error)
return error;

- inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
- error = -ENOTBLK;
- if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
- goto out_path_put;
- error = -EACCES;
- if (!may_open_dev(&path))
- goto out_path_put;
-
- *dev = inode->i_rdev;
- error = 0;
-out_path_put:
- path_put(&path);
- return error;
+ return validate_bdev(&path, dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_bdev);

diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d463b9b5a0a5..9070979b6616 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1773,6 +1773,8 @@ struct file *bdev_file_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
struct file *bdev_file_open_by_path(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode,
void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
+struct file *bdev_file_open_init(const char *path, blk_mode_t mode,
+ void *holder, const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
int bd_prepare_to_claim(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder,
const struct blk_holder_ops *hops);
void bd_abort_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder);

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