linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 09/38] filelock: lift the ban on directory leases in generic

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Message-Id: <20250924-dir-deleg-v3-9-9f3af8bc5c40@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:05:55 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Cc: Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
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 linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 09/38] filelock: lift the ban on directory leases in
 generic_setlease

With the addition of the try_break_lease calls in directory changing
operations, allow generic_setlease to hand them out.

Note that this also makes directory leases available to userland via
fcntl(). I don't see a real reason to prevent userland from acquiring
one, but we could reinstate the prohibition if that's preferable.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
---
 fs/locks.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 8bd0faa384a9bdb0ef0ff40ba7269aed72439739..c1b4575c827648275a8d6628a8f279d382e46fc4 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -1934,7 +1934,9 @@ static int generic_delete_lease(struct file *filp, void *owner)
 int generic_setlease(struct file *filp, int arg, struct file_lease **flp,
 			void **priv)
 {
-	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(filp)->i_mode))
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EINVAL;

 	switch (arg) {

-- 
2.51.0