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<title>linux-stable.git/include/linux/filelock.h, branch v7.1.5</title>
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<title>filelock: fix break_lease() stub signature for CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=n</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:19:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Brauner</name>
<email>brauner@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-07T09:40:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4bbcff264b678859cc404669bd145bcd6819804b ]

The CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=n stub for break_lease() takes a 'bool wait'
argument, whereas the CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=y version and every caller pass
an openmode as an 'unsigned int mode'. The mismatch was introduced when
__break_lease() was reworked to use flags: only the stub was switched to
'bool wait', a stray leftover from the neighbouring break_layout()
helper. The real prototype kept 'unsigned int mode'.

This was harmless until O_WRONLY changed from the octal literal 00000001
to (1 &lt;&lt; 0). clang's -Wtautological-constant-compare then fires on the
implicit shift-to-bool conversion at the first FILE_LOCKING=n caller:

  fs/open.c:112:29: warning: converting the result of '&lt;&lt;' to a boolean
                    always evaluates to true [-Wtautological-constant-compare]
    112 | error = break_lease(inode, O_WRONLY);

Restore the stub's parameter to 'unsigned int mode' so it matches the
real prototype and every caller. The stub still just returns 0, so there
is no functional change; it removes the type inconsistency and silences
the warning.

Root cause diagnosed by Nathan Chancellor.

Fixes: 4be9f3cc582a ("filelock: rework the __break_lease API to use flags")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606071029.DKCs8WOs-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4bbcff264b678859cc404669bd145bcd6819804b ]

The CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=n stub for break_lease() takes a 'bool wait'
argument, whereas the CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING=y version and every caller pass
an openmode as an 'unsigned int mode'. The mismatch was introduced when
__break_lease() was reworked to use flags: only the stub was switched to
'bool wait', a stray leftover from the neighbouring break_layout()
helper. The real prototype kept 'unsigned int mode'.

This was harmless until O_WRONLY changed from the octal literal 00000001
to (1 &lt;&lt; 0). clang's -Wtautological-constant-compare then fires on the
implicit shift-to-bool conversion at the first FILE_LOCKING=n caller:

  fs/open.c:112:29: warning: converting the result of '&lt;&lt;' to a boolean
                    always evaluates to true [-Wtautological-constant-compare]
    112 | error = break_lease(inode, O_WRONLY);

Restore the stub's parameter to 'unsigned int mode' so it matches the
real prototype and every caller. The stub still just returns 0, so there
is no functional change; it removes the type inconsistency and silences
the warning.

Root cause diagnosed by Nathan Chancellor.

Fixes: 4be9f3cc582a ("filelock: rework the __break_lease API to use flags")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606071029.DKCs8WOs-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>NFSD: Enforce timeout on layout recall and integrate lease manager fencing</title>
<updated>2026-03-30T01:25:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dai Ngo</name>
<email>dai.ngo@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-13T18:36:30+00:00</published>
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When a layout conflict triggers a recall, enforcing a timeout is
necessary to prevent excessive nfsd threads from being blocked in
__break_lease ensuring the server continues servicing incoming
requests efficiently.

This patch introduces a new function to lease_manager_operations:

lm_breaker_timedout: Invoked when a lease recall times out and is
about to be disposed of. This function enables the lease manager
to inform the caller whether the file_lease should remain on the
flc_list or be disposed of.

For the NFSD lease manager, this function now handles layout recall
timeouts. If the layout type supports fencing and the client has not
been fenced, a fence operation is triggered to prevent the client
from accessing the block device.

While the fencing operation is in progress, the conflicting file_lease
remains on the flc_list until fencing is complete. This guarantees
that no other clients can access the file, and the client with
exclusive access is properly blocked before disposal.

Signed-off-by: Dai Ngo &lt;dai.ngo@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever &lt;chuck.lever@oracle.com&gt;
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When a layout conflict triggers a recall, enforcing a timeout is
necessary to prevent excessive nfsd threads from being blocked in
__break_lease ensuring the server continues servicing incoming
requests efficiently.

This patch introduces a new function to lease_manager_operations:

lm_breaker_timedout: Invoked when a lease recall times out and is
about to be disposed of. This function enables the lease manager
to inform the caller whether the file_lease should remain on the
flc_list or be disposed of.

For the NFSD lease manager, this function now handles layout recall
timeouts. If the layout type supports fencing and the client has not
been fenced, a fence operation is triggered to prevent the client
from accessing the block device.

While the fencing operation is in progress, the conflicting file_lease
remains on the flc_list until fencing is complete. This guarantees
that no other clients can access the file, and the client with
exclusive access is properly blocked before disposal.

Signed-off-by: Dai Ngo &lt;dai.ngo@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever &lt;chuck.lever@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2026-02-09T23:13:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-09T23:13:05+00:00</published>
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Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains a mix of VFS cleanups, performance improvements, API
  fixes, documentation, and a deprecation notice.

  Scalability and performance:

   - Rework pid allocation to only take pidmap_lock once instead of
     twice during alloc_pid(), improving thread creation/teardown
     throughput by 10-16% depending on false-sharing luck. Pad the
     namespace refcount to reduce false-sharing

   - Track file lock presence via a flag in -&gt;i_opflags instead of
     reading -&gt;i_flctx, avoiding false-sharing with -&gt;i_readcount on
     open/close hot paths. Measured 4-16% improvement on 24-core
     open-in-a-loop benchmarks

   - Use a consume fence in locks_inode_context() to match the
     store-release/load-consume idiom, eliminating a hardware fence on
     some architectures

   - Annotate cdev_lock with __cacheline_aligned_in_smp to prevent
     false-sharing

   - Remove a redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in
     __follow_mount_rcu() that never fires since the caller already
     verifies it, eliminating a 100% mispredicted branch

   - Fix a 100% mispredicted likely() in devcgroup_inode_permission()
     that became wrong after a prior code reorder

  Bug fixes and correctness:

   - Make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction instead of
     skipping, fixing a corner case where two matching inodes could
     exist in the hash

   - Move f_mode initialization before file_ref_init() in alloc_file()
     to respect the SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU ordering contract

   - Add a WARN_ON_ONCE guard in try_to_free_buffers() for folios with
     no buffers attached, preventing a null pointer dereference when
     AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS is set but no release_folio op exists

   - Fix select restart_block to store end_time as timespec64, avoiding
     truncation of tv_sec on 32-bit architectures

   - Make dump_inode() use get_kernel_nofault() to safely access inode
     and superblock fields, matching the dump_mapping() pattern

  API modernization:

   - Make posix_acl_to_xattr() allocate the buffer internally since
     every single caller was doing it anyway. Reduces boilerplate and
     unnecessary error checking across ~15 filesystems

   - Replace deprecated simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul() for the
     ihash_entries, dhash_entries, mhash_entries, and mphash_entries
     boot parameters, adding proper error handling

   - Convert chardev code to use guard(mutex) and __free(kfree) cleanup
     patterns

   - Replace min_t() with min() or umin() in VFS code to avoid silently
     truncating unsigned long to unsigned int

   - Gate LOOKUP_RCU assertions behind CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS since callers
     already check the flag

  Deprecation:

   - Begin deprecating legacy BSD process accounting (acct(2)). The
     interface has numerous footguns and better alternatives exist
     (eBPF)

  Documentation:

   - Fix and complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations, removing
     duplicated documentation between ReST and source

   - Fix kernel-doc warnings for __start_dirop() and ilookup5_nowait()

  Testing:

   - Add a kunit test for initramfs cpio handling of entries with
     filesize &gt; PATH_MAX

  Misc:

   - Add missing &lt;linux/init_task.h&gt; include in fs_struct.c"

* tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (28 commits)
  posix_acl: make posix_acl_to_xattr() alloc the buffer
  fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction
  initramfs_test: kunit test for cpio.filesize &gt; PATH_MAX
  fs: improve dump_inode() to safely access inode fields
  fs: add &lt;linux/init_task.h&gt; for 'init_fs'
  docs: exportfs: Use source code struct documentation
  fs: move initializing f_mode before file_ref_init()
  exportfs: Complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations
  exportfs: Mark struct export_operations functions at kernel-doc
  exportfs: Fix kernel-doc output for get_name()
  acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting
  device_cgroup: remove branch hint after code refactor
  VFS: fix __start_dirop() kernel-doc warnings
  fs: Describe @isnew parameter in ilookup5_nowait()
  fs/namei: Remove redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in __follow_mount_rcu
  fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS
  select: store end_time as timespec64 in restart block
  chardev: Switch to guard(mutex) and __free(kfree)
  namespace: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul to parse boot params
  dcache: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul in set_dhash_entries
  ...
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Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains a mix of VFS cleanups, performance improvements, API
  fixes, documentation, and a deprecation notice.

  Scalability and performance:

   - Rework pid allocation to only take pidmap_lock once instead of
     twice during alloc_pid(), improving thread creation/teardown
     throughput by 10-16% depending on false-sharing luck. Pad the
     namespace refcount to reduce false-sharing

   - Track file lock presence via a flag in -&gt;i_opflags instead of
     reading -&gt;i_flctx, avoiding false-sharing with -&gt;i_readcount on
     open/close hot paths. Measured 4-16% improvement on 24-core
     open-in-a-loop benchmarks

   - Use a consume fence in locks_inode_context() to match the
     store-release/load-consume idiom, eliminating a hardware fence on
     some architectures

   - Annotate cdev_lock with __cacheline_aligned_in_smp to prevent
     false-sharing

   - Remove a redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in
     __follow_mount_rcu() that never fires since the caller already
     verifies it, eliminating a 100% mispredicted branch

   - Fix a 100% mispredicted likely() in devcgroup_inode_permission()
     that became wrong after a prior code reorder

  Bug fixes and correctness:

   - Make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction instead of
     skipping, fixing a corner case where two matching inodes could
     exist in the hash

   - Move f_mode initialization before file_ref_init() in alloc_file()
     to respect the SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU ordering contract

   - Add a WARN_ON_ONCE guard in try_to_free_buffers() for folios with
     no buffers attached, preventing a null pointer dereference when
     AS_RELEASE_ALWAYS is set but no release_folio op exists

   - Fix select restart_block to store end_time as timespec64, avoiding
     truncation of tv_sec on 32-bit architectures

   - Make dump_inode() use get_kernel_nofault() to safely access inode
     and superblock fields, matching the dump_mapping() pattern

  API modernization:

   - Make posix_acl_to_xattr() allocate the buffer internally since
     every single caller was doing it anyway. Reduces boilerplate and
     unnecessary error checking across ~15 filesystems

   - Replace deprecated simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul() for the
     ihash_entries, dhash_entries, mhash_entries, and mphash_entries
     boot parameters, adding proper error handling

   - Convert chardev code to use guard(mutex) and __free(kfree) cleanup
     patterns

   - Replace min_t() with min() or umin() in VFS code to avoid silently
     truncating unsigned long to unsigned int

   - Gate LOOKUP_RCU assertions behind CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS since callers
     already check the flag

  Deprecation:

   - Begin deprecating legacy BSD process accounting (acct(2)). The
     interface has numerous footguns and better alternatives exist
     (eBPF)

  Documentation:

   - Fix and complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations, removing
     duplicated documentation between ReST and source

   - Fix kernel-doc warnings for __start_dirop() and ilookup5_nowait()

  Testing:

   - Add a kunit test for initramfs cpio handling of entries with
     filesize &gt; PATH_MAX

  Misc:

   - Add missing &lt;linux/init_task.h&gt; include in fs_struct.c"

* tag 'vfs-7.0-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (28 commits)
  posix_acl: make posix_acl_to_xattr() alloc the buffer
  fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction
  initramfs_test: kunit test for cpio.filesize &gt; PATH_MAX
  fs: improve dump_inode() to safely access inode fields
  fs: add &lt;linux/init_task.h&gt; for 'init_fs'
  docs: exportfs: Use source code struct documentation
  fs: move initializing f_mode before file_ref_init()
  exportfs: Complete kernel-doc for struct export_operations
  exportfs: Mark struct export_operations functions at kernel-doc
  exportfs: Fix kernel-doc output for get_name()
  acct(2): begin the deprecation of legacy BSD process accounting
  device_cgroup: remove branch hint after code refactor
  VFS: fix __start_dirop() kernel-doc warnings
  fs: Describe @isnew parameter in ilookup5_nowait()
  fs/namei: Remove redundant DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY check in __follow_mount_rcu
  fs: only assert on LOOKUP_RCU when built with CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS
  select: store end_time as timespec64 in restart block
  chardev: Switch to guard(mutex) and __free(kfree)
  namespace: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul to parse boot params
  dcache: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul in set_dhash_entries
  ...
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<entry>
<title>filelock: allow lease_managers to dictate what qualifies as a conflict</title>
<updated>2025-12-15T14:20:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-04T13:48:33+00:00</published>
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Requesting a delegation on a file from the userland fcntl() interface
currently succeeds when there are conflicting opens present.

This is because the lease handling code ignores conflicting opens for
FL_LAYOUT and FL_DELEG leases. This was a hack put in place long ago,
because nfsd already checks for conflicts in its own way. The kernel
needs to perform this check for userland delegations the same way it is
done for leases, however.

Make this dependent on the lease_manager by adding a new
-&gt;lm_open_conflict() lease_manager operation and have
generic_add_lease() call that instead of check_conflicting_open().
Morph check_conflicting_open() into a -&gt;lm_open_conflict() op that is
only called for userland leases/delegations. Set the
-&gt;lm_open_conflict() operations for nfsd to trivial functions that
always return 0.

Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever &lt;chuck.lever@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251204-dir-deleg-ro-v2-2-22d37f92ce2c@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Requesting a delegation on a file from the userland fcntl() interface
currently succeeds when there are conflicting opens present.

This is because the lease handling code ignores conflicting opens for
FL_LAYOUT and FL_DELEG leases. This was a hack put in place long ago,
because nfsd already checks for conflicts in its own way. The kernel
needs to perform this check for userland delegations the same way it is
done for leases, however.

Make this dependent on the lease_manager by adding a new
-&gt;lm_open_conflict() lease_manager operation and have
generic_add_lease() call that instead of check_conflicting_open().
Morph check_conflicting_open() into a -&gt;lm_open_conflict() op that is
only called for userland leases/delegations. Set the
-&gt;lm_open_conflict() operations for nfsd to trivial functions that
always return 0.

Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever &lt;chuck.lever@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251204-dir-deleg-ro-v2-2-22d37f92ce2c@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>fs: track the inode having file locks with a flag in -&gt;i_opflags</title>
<updated>2025-12-15T13:33:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mateusz Guzik</name>
<email>mjguzik@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-03T09:48:37+00:00</published>
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Opening and closing an inode dirties the -&gt;i_readcount field.

Depending on the alignment of the inode, it may happen to false-share
with other fields loaded both for both operations to various extent.

This notably concerns the -&gt;i_flctx field.

Since most inodes don't have the field populated, this bit can be managed
with a flag in -&gt;i_opflags instead which bypasses the problem.

Here are results I obtained while opening a file read-only in a loop
with 24 cores doing the work on Sapphire Rapids. Utilizing the flag as
opposed to reading -&gt;i_flctx field was toggled at runtime as the benchmark
was running, to make sure both results come from the same alignment.

before: 3233740
after:  3373346 (+4%)

before: 3284313
after:  3518711 (+7%)

before: 3505545
after:  4092806 (+16%)

Or to put it differently, this varies wildly depending on how (un)lucky
you get.

The primary bottleneck before and after is the avoidable lockref trip in
do_dentry_open().

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mjguzik@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251203094837.290654-2-mjguzik@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Opening and closing an inode dirties the -&gt;i_readcount field.

Depending on the alignment of the inode, it may happen to false-share
with other fields loaded both for both operations to various extent.

This notably concerns the -&gt;i_flctx field.

Since most inodes don't have the field populated, this bit can be managed
with a flag in -&gt;i_opflags instead which bypasses the problem.

Here are results I obtained while opening a file read-only in a loop
with 24 cores doing the work on Sapphire Rapids. Utilizing the flag as
opposed to reading -&gt;i_flctx field was toggled at runtime as the benchmark
was running, to make sure both results come from the same alignment.

before: 3233740
after:  3373346 (+4%)

before: 3284313
after:  3518711 (+7%)

before: 3505545
after:  4092806 (+16%)

Or to put it differently, this varies wildly depending on how (un)lucky
you get.

The primary bottleneck before and after is the avoidable lockref trip in
do_dentry_open().

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mjguzik@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251203094837.290654-2-mjguzik@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>filelock: use a consume fence in locks_inode_context()</title>
<updated>2025-12-15T13:33:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mateusz Guzik</name>
<email>mjguzik@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-03T09:48:36+00:00</published>
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Matches the idiom of storing a pointer with a release fence and safely
getting the content with a consume fence after.

Eliminates an actual fence on some archs.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mjguzik@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251203094837.290654-1-mjguzik@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Matches the idiom of storing a pointer with a release fence and safely
getting the content with a consume fence after.

Eliminates an actual fence on some archs.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mjguzik@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251203094837.290654-1-mjguzik@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>vfs: expose delegation support to userland</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T08:38:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-11T14:12:58+00:00</published>
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Now that support for recallable directory delegations is available,
expose this functionality to userland with new F_SETDELEG and F_GETDELEG
commands for fcntl().

Note that this also allows userland to request a FL_DELEG type lease on
files too. Userland applications that do will get signalled when there
are metadata changes in addition to just data changes (which is a
limitation of FL_LEASE leases).

These commands accept a new "struct delegation" argument that contains a
flags field for future expansion.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-17-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that support for recallable directory delegations is available,
expose this functionality to userland with new F_SETDELEG and F_GETDELEG
commands for fcntl().

Note that this also allows userland to request a FL_DELEG type lease on
files too. Userland applications that do will get signalled when there
are metadata changes in addition to just data changes (which is a
limitation of FL_LEASE leases).

These commands accept a new "struct delegation" argument that contains a
flags field for future expansion.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-17-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>filelock: add struct delegated_inode</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T08:38:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-11T14:12:44+00:00</published>
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The current API requires a pointer to an inode pointer. It's easy for
callers to get this wrong. Add a new delegated_inode structure and use
that to pass back any inode that needs to be waited on.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-3-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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The current API requires a pointer to an inode pointer. It's easy for
callers to get this wrong. Add a new delegated_inode structure and use
that to pass back any inode that needs to be waited on.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-3-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>filelock: rework the __break_lease API to use flags</title>
<updated>2025-11-12T08:38:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-11T14:12:43+00:00</published>
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Currently __break_lease takes both a type and an openmode. With the
addition of directory leases, that makes less sense. Declare a set of
LEASE_BREAK_* flags that can be used to control how lease breaks work
instead of requiring a type and an openmode.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-2-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently __break_lease takes both a type and an openmode. With the
addition of directory leases, that makes less sense. Declare a set of
LEASE_BREAK_* flags that can be used to control how lease breaks work
instead of requiring a type and an openmode.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neil@brown.name&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111-dir-deleg-ro-v6-2-52f3feebb2f2@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>filelock: add new locks_wake_up_waiter() helper</title>
<updated>2025-06-10T11:16:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-02T11:58:54+00:00</published>
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Currently the function that does this takes a struct file_lock, but
__locks_wake_up_blocks() deals with both locks and leases. Currently
this works because both file_lock and file_lease have the file_lock_core
at the beginning of the struct, but it's fragile to rely on that.

Add a new locks_wake_up_waiter() function and call that from
__locks_wake_up_blocks().

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250602-filelock-6-16-v1-1-7da5b2c930fd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently the function that does this takes a struct file_lock, but
__locks_wake_up_blocks() deals with both locks and leases. Currently
this works because both file_lock and file_lease have the file_lock_core
at the beginning of the struct, but it's fragile to rely on that.

Add a new locks_wake_up_waiter() function and call that from
__locks_wake_up_blocks().

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250602-filelock-6-16-v1-1-7da5b2c930fd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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