kernel/fs/signalfd.c, branch master

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51Z

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28Z

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

signalfd: convert do_signalfd4() to FD_ADD()

2025-11-28T11:42:32Z

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251123-work-fd-prepare-v4-14-b6efa1706cfd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

make use of anon_inode_getfile_fmode()

2025-02-21T09:25:31Z

["fallen through the cracks" misc stuff] A bunch of anon_inode_getfile() callers follow it with adjusting ->f_mode; we have a helper doing that now, so let's make use of it. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250118014434.GT1977892@ZenIV Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

fdget(), trivial conversions

2024-11-03T06:28:06Z

fdget() is the first thing done in scope, all matching fdput() are immediately followed by leaving the scope. Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge tag 'pull-stable-struct_fd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2024-09-23T16:35:36Z

Pull 'struct fd' updates from Al Viro: "Just the 'struct fd' layout change, with conversion to accessor helpers" * tag 'pull-stable-struct_fd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: add struct fd constructors, get rid of __to_fd() struct fd: representation change introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it.

introduce fd_file(), convert all accessors to it.

2024-08-13T02:00:43Z

For any changes of struct fd representation we need to turn existing accesses to fields into calls of wrappers. Accesses to struct fd::flags are very few (3 in linux/file.h, 1 in net/socket.c, 3 in fs/overlayfs/file.c and 3 more in explicit initializers). Those can be dealt with in the commit converting to new layout; accesses to struct fd::file are too many for that. This commit converts (almost) all of f.file to fd_file(f). It's not entirely mechanical ('file' is used as a member name more than just in struct fd) and it does not even attempt to distinguish the uses in pointer context from those in boolean context; the latter will be eventually turned into a separate helper (fd_empty()). NOTE: mass conversion to fd_empty(), tempting as it might be, is a bad idea; better do that piecewise in commit that convert from fdget...() to CLASS(...). [conflicts in fs/fhandle.c, kernel/bpf/syscall.c, mm/memcontrol.c caught by git; fs/stat.c one got caught by git grep] [fs/xattr.c conflict] Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Signed-off-by: Al Viro

signal: Remove task argument from dequeue_signal()

2024-07-29T19:57:35Z

The task pointer which is handed to dequeue_signal() is always current. The argument along with the first comment about signalfd in that function is confusing at best. Remove it and use current internally. Update the stale comment for dequeue_signal() while at it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel)

signalfd: drop an obsolete comment

2024-05-24T11:34:07Z

Commit fbe38120eb1d ("signalfd: convert to ->read_iter()") removed the call to anon_inode_getfd() by splitting fd setup into two parts. Drop the comment referencing the internal details of that function. Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240520090819.76342-2-pchelkin@ispras.ru Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

signalfd: fix error return code

2024-05-24T11:34:07Z

If anon_inode_getfile() fails, return appropriate error code. This looks like a single typo: the similar code changes in timerfd and userfaultfd are okay. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org). Fixes: fbe38120eb1d ("signalfd: convert to ->read_iter()") Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240520090819.76342-1-pchelkin@ispras.ru Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner