[PATCH v3 4/5] xfs: replace ns_capable_noaudit

Carlos Maiolino cem at kernel.org
Tue Jul 7 09:26:14 UTC 2026


On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 08:58:56AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 11:33:23AM +0200, cem at kernel.org wrote:
> > From: Carlos Maiolino <cem at kernel.org>
> > 
> > Now that capable_noaudit() is available, we don't need to keep
> > using ns_capable_noaudit() and specifying the usernaspace every single
> > time.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino at redhat.com>
> > Cc: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> > Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> > Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com>
> > Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com>
> > Cc: Dr. Thomas Orgis" <thomas.orgis at uni-hamburg.de>
> > Cc: linux-xfs at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-fsdevel at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> > ---
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c | 3 +--
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 2 +-
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c  | 2 +-
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
> > index 7c79fbe0a74c..041bb2105ec6 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
> > @@ -1174,8 +1174,7 @@ xfs_getfsmap(
> >  	if (!xfs_getfsmap_check_keys(&head->fmh_keys[0], &head->fmh_keys[1]))
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  
> > -	use_rmap = xfs_has_rmapbt(mp) &&
> > -		   ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> > +	use_rmap = xfs_has_rmapbt(mp) && capable_noaudit(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> >  	head->fmh_entries = 0;
> >  
> >  	/* Set up our device handlers. */
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > index 1a8af827dde1..374b488f0416 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_get_trans(
> >  		goto out_error;
> >  
> >  	error = xfs_trans_alloc_ichange(ip, NULL, NULL, pdqp,
> > -			ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_FOWNER), &tp);
> > +					capable_noaudit(CAP_FOWNER), &tp);
> 
> Not sure why the indentation changed, otherwise the patch looks fine to
> me.

Purely my screw up. I fixed it already to send to the next version. Was
just waiting for more comments

> 
> --D
> 
> >  	if (error)
> >  		goto out_error;
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > index 205fe2dae732..ce9f8b8468fc 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ xfs_setattr_nonsize(
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	error = xfs_trans_alloc_ichange(ip, udqp, gdqp, NULL,
> > -					ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_FOWNER),
> > +					capable_noaudit(CAP_FOWNER),
> >  					&tp);
> >  	if (error)
> >  		goto out_dqrele;
> > -- 
> > 2.54.0
> > 
> > 
> 



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