linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: remove vfs

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Message-ID: <2025083038-carving-amuck-a4ae@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:55:39 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] fs: remove vfs_ioctl export

vfs_ioctl() is no longer called by anything outside of fs/ioctl.c, so
remove the global symbol and export as it is not needed.

Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ioctl.c         | 3 +--
 include/linux/fs.h | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 0248cb8db2d3..3ee1aaa46947 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, -errno on error.
  */
-int vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static int vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int error = -ENOTTY;
 
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ int vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
  out:
 	return error;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_ioctl);
 
 static int ioctl_fibmap(struct file *filp, int __user *p)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d7ab4f96d705..ccf482803525 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2052,8 +2052,6 @@ int vfs_fchown(struct file *file, uid_t user, gid_t group);
 int vfs_fchmod(struct file *file, umode_t mode);
 int vfs_utimes(const struct path *path, struct timespec64 *times);
 
-int vfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 extern long compat_ptr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 					unsigned long arg);
-- 
2.51.0