[PATCH RFC 09/41] bpf: use fc_init_pseudo() for bpffs

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 04:22:53 EST


Initialize bpffs as a pseudo filesystem instead of raising
SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV by hand. This adds SB_I_PSEUDO.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/inode.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/inode.c b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
index c6f328e4752e..57cf3775c076 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/namei.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/fs_context.h>
+#include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
#include <linux/fs_parser.h>
#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
#include <linux/filter.h>
@@ -1197,8 +1198,6 @@ static int bpf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sb->s_magic = BPF_FS_MAGIC;
sb->s_op = &bpf_super_ops;
sb->s_xattr = bpf_fs_xattr_handlers;
- sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC;
- sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_NODEV;
sb->s_time_gran = 1;

inode = bpf_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFDIR | 0777);
@@ -1261,6 +1260,7 @@ static int bpf_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
opts->delegate_attachs = 0;

fc->s_fs_info = opts;
+ fc_init_pseudo(fc);
fc->ops = &bpf_context_ops;
return 0;
}

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2.53.0