[PATCH RFC 2/5] proc: drop ->proc_ioctl() and ->proc_compat_ioctl()

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 12:39:47 EST


Every entry with ioctls implements ->proc_ioctl_buf() now and procfs
copies the arguments in and out around pinning the entry, for 32-bit
tasks too. Remove ->proc_ioctl() and ->proc_compat_ioctl().

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/generic.c | 2 --
fs/proc/inode.c | 30 ++----------------------------
include/linux/proc_fs.h | 4 ----
3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 7b2ed3c42d32..413382efefc7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -484,8 +484,6 @@ static int pde_set_flags(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
pde->flags |= PROC_ENTRY_FULL_READS;
}
if (proc_ops->proc_ioctl_buf) {
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(proc_ops->proc_ioctl))
- return -EINVAL;
/* the table says what procfs copies, see pde_ioctl_arg() */
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!proc_ops->proc_ioctl_args ||
!proc_ops->proc_nr_ioctl_args))
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index dac5974d4652..971f2aecc006 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -551,14 +551,6 @@ static __poll_t proc_reg_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *pts)
return rv;
}

-static long pde_ioctl(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
- const auto ioctl = pde->proc_ops->proc_ioctl;
- if (ioctl)
- return ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
- return -ENOTTY;
-}
-
/* the table lives in proc_ops, which goes away with the entry */
static bool pde_ioctl_arg(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, unsigned int cmd,
struct proc_ioctl_arg *arg)
@@ -615,38 +607,20 @@ static long pde_ioctl_buf(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file,
static long proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
- long rv;

if (pde_has_proc_ioctl_buf(pde))
return pde_ioctl_buf(pde, file, cmd, (void __user *)arg, arg);
- if (!pde_pin(pde))
- return -ENOTTY;
- rv = pde_ioctl(pde, file, cmd, arg);
- pde_unpin(pde);
- return rv;
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-static long pde_compat_ioctl(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
- const auto compat_ioctl = pde->proc_ops->proc_compat_ioctl;
- if (compat_ioctl)
- return compat_ioctl(file, cmd, arg);
return -ENOTTY;
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
static long proc_reg_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
- long rv;

if (pde_has_proc_ioctl_buf(pde))
return pde_ioctl_buf(pde, file, cmd, compat_ptr(arg), arg);
- if (!pde_pin(pde))
- return -ENOTTY;
- rv = pde_compat_ioctl(pde, file, cmd, arg);
- pde_unpin(pde);
- return rv;
+ return -ENOTTY;
}
#else
#define proc_reg_compat_ioctl NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index f21dd826eaa6..64242a9aa117 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ struct proc_ops {
loff_t (*proc_lseek)(struct file *, loff_t, int);
int (*proc_release)(struct inode *, struct file *);
__poll_t (*proc_poll)(struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
- long (*proc_ioctl)(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
- long (*proc_compat_ioctl)(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
-#endif
int (*proc_mmap)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
unsigned long (*proc_get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
/*

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