From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz,
mjguzik@gmail.com, paul@paul-moore.com, axboe@kernel.dk,
audit@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/8] non-consuming variant of do_symlinkat()
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 07:41:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108074201.435280-4-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108074201.435280-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
similar to previous commit; replacement is filename_symlinkat()
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst | 6 +++---
fs/init.c | 5 +++--
fs/internal.h | 2 +-
fs/namei.c | 12 +++++++-----
io_uring/fs.c | 5 +++--
5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 8ecbc41d6d82..c44c351bc297 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1339,6 +1339,6 @@ in-tree filesystems have done).
**mandatory**
-do_{link,renameat2}() are gone; filename_{link,renameat2}() replaces those.
-The difference is that the former used to consume filename references;
-the latter do not.
+do_{link,symlink,renameat2}() are gone; filename_...() counterparts
+replace those. The difference is that the former used to consume
+filename references; the latter do not.
diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index f46e54552931..a54ef750ffe3 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ int __init init_link(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
int __init init_symlink(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
{
- return do_symlinkat(getname_kernel(oldname), AT_FDCWD,
- getname_kernel(newname));
+ CLASS(filename_kernel, old)(oldname);
+ CLASS(filename_kernel, new)(newname);
+ return filename_symlinkat(old, AT_FDCWD, new);
}
int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname)
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index c9b70c2716d1..4a63b89c02d7 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int filename_renameat2(int olddfd, struct filename *oldname, int newdfd,
struct filename *newname, unsigned int flags);
int do_mkdirat(int dfd, struct filename *name, umode_t mode);
int do_mknodat(int dfd, struct filename *name, umode_t mode, unsigned int dev);
-int do_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to);
+int filename_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to);
int filename_linkat(int olddfd, struct filename *old, int newdfd,
struct filename *new, int flags);
int vfs_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1f003ac9470e..338e2934c520 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -5541,10 +5541,8 @@ int vfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_symlink);
-int do_symlinkat(struct filename *__from, int newdfd, struct filename *__to)
+int filename_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to)
{
- CLASS(filename_consume, from)(__from);
- CLASS(filename_consume, to)(__to);
int error;
struct dentry *dentry;
struct path path;
@@ -5578,12 +5576,16 @@ int do_symlinkat(struct filename *__from, int newdfd, struct filename *__to)
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(symlinkat, const char __user *, oldname,
int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname)
{
- return do_symlinkat(getname(oldname), newdfd, getname(newname));
+ CLASS(filename, old)(oldname);
+ CLASS(filename, new)(newname);
+ return filename_symlinkat(old, newdfd, new);
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(symlink, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newname)
{
- return do_symlinkat(getname(oldname), AT_FDCWD, getname(newname));
+ CLASS(filename, old)(oldname);
+ CLASS(filename, new)(newname);
+ return filename_symlinkat(old, AT_FDCWD, new);
}
/**
diff --git a/io_uring/fs.c b/io_uring/fs.c
index e39cd1ca1942..cd4d88d37795 100644
--- a/io_uring/fs.c
+++ b/io_uring/fs.c
@@ -233,12 +233,13 @@ int io_symlinkat_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
int io_symlinkat(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
{
struct io_link *sl = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_link);
+ CLASS(filename_complete_delayed, old)(&sl->oldpath);
+ CLASS(filename_complete_delayed, new)(&sl->newpath);
int ret;
WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK);
- ret = do_symlinkat(complete_getname(&sl->oldpath), sl->new_dfd,
- complete_getname(&sl->newpath));
+ ret = filename_symlinkat(old, sl->new_dfd, new);
req->flags &= ~REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP;
io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 7:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 7:41 [RFC PATCH 0/8] experimental struct filename followups Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] non-consuming variant of do_renameat2() Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] non-consuming variant of do_linkat() Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:41 ` Al Viro [this message]
2026-01-08 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] non-consuming variant of do_mkdirat() Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] non-consuming variant of do_mknodat() Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] non-consuming variants of do_{unlinkat,rmdir}() Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:42 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] execve: fold {compat_,}do_execve{,at}() into their sole callers Al Viro
2026-01-08 7:42 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] do_execveat_common(): don't consume filename reference Al Viro
2026-01-12 10:00 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] experimental struct filename followups Christian Brauner
2026-01-14 2:15 ` Al Viro
2026-01-14 2:28 ` Al Viro
2026-01-14 16:00 ` Christian Brauner
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