[PATCH v3 1/2] fs: make file_listxattr and file_removexattr helpers non-static
From: Aditya Prakash Srivastava
Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 06:46:09 EST
In preparation for adding IORING_OP_FREMOVEXATTR and
IORING_OP_FLISTXATTR support in io_uring, we need to invoke the VFS-layer
helpers from within io_uring.
Make the following helpers non-static and declare them in fs/internal.h:
- file_listxattr()
- file_removexattr()
No functional change is introduced.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Prakash Srivastava <aditya.ansh182@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/internal.h | 2 ++
fs/xattr.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 355d93f92208..ee86b24db79a 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ int filename_setxattr(int dfd, struct filename *filename,
unsigned int lookup_flags, struct kernel_xattr_ctx *ctx);
int setxattr_copy(const char __user *name, struct kernel_xattr_ctx *ctx);
int import_xattr_name(struct xattr_name *kname, const char __user *name);
+ssize_t file_listxattr(struct file *f, char __user *list, size_t size);
+int file_removexattr(struct file *f, struct xattr_name *kname);
int may_write_xattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index d58979115200..31b8a5eeec1e 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -953,7 +953,6 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
return error;
}
-static
ssize_t file_listxattr(struct file *f, char __user *list, size_t size)
{
audit_file(f);
@@ -1036,7 +1035,7 @@ removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *d, const char *name)
return vfs_removexattr(idmap, d, name);
}
-static int file_removexattr(struct file *f, struct xattr_name *kname)
+int file_removexattr(struct file *f, struct xattr_name *kname)
{
int error = mnt_want_write_file(f);
--
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