Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] fs: make file_listxattr and file_removexattr helpers non-static
From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 11:13:28 EST
On Tue 21-07-26 10:35:13, Aditya Prakash Srivastava wrote:
> 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>
Looks ok to me. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Honza
> ---
> 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);
>
> --
> 2.47.3
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR