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authorPratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>2026-01-22 16:18:39 +0100
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-01-26 19:03:47 -0800
commit71e2b5eadbad43d33f0e2cf6d767395273ba5eaa (patch)
tree7d9bcf78d7d922a9a7d13493962e9f91111dfd28 /include/linux
parentdd9e2f5b38f1fdd49b1ab6d3a85f81c14369eacc (diff)
memfd: export alloc_file()
Patch series "mm: memfd_luo hotfixes". This series contains a couple of fixes for memfd preservation using LUO. This patch (of 3): The Live Update Orchestrator's (LUO) memfd preservation works by preserving all the folios of a memfd, re-creating an empty memfd on the next boot, and then inserting back the preserved folios. Currently it creates the file by directly calling shmem_file_setup(). This leaves out other work done by alloc_file() like setting up the file mode, flags, or calling the security hooks. Export alloc_file() to let memfd_luo use it. Rename it to memfd_alloc_file() since it is no longer private and thus needs a subsystem prefix. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122151842.4069702-1-pratyush@kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260122151842.4069702-2-pratyush@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/memfd.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/memfd.h b/include/linux/memfd.h
index cc74de3dbcfe..c328a7b356d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/memfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/memfd.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx);
* to by vm_flags_ptr.
*/
int memfd_check_seals_mmap(struct file *file, vm_flags_t *vm_flags_ptr);
+struct file *memfd_alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags);
#else
static inline long memfd_fcntl(struct file *f, unsigned int c, unsigned int a)
{
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ static inline int memfd_check_seals_mmap(struct file *file,
{
return 0;
}
+
+static inline struct file *memfd_alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+}
#endif
#endif /* __LINUX_MEMFD_H */