[PATCH v3 bpf-next 1/4] kernfs: remove iattr_mutex

André Draszik andre.draszik at linaro.org
Thu Jul 3 06:28:22 UTC 2025


On Wed, 2025-07-02 at 14:17 +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> I'm folding:
> 
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> index 3c293a5a21b1..457f91c412d4 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> @@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size)
>         struct kernfs_node *kn = kernfs_dentry_node(dentry);
>         struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
> 
> -       attrs = kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(kn);
> +       attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
>         if (!attrs)
> -               return -ENODATA;
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> 
>         return simple_xattr_list(d_inode(dentry), &attrs->xattrs, buf, size);
>  }
> 
> which brings it back to the old behavior.

Yes, that makes sense and works for me too.

Thanks Christian!



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