linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] memfd: export memfd_{add,get}

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Message-ID: <20260123095854.535058-2-pratyush@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:58:50 +0100
From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
	Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
	Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@...gle.com>,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] memfd: export memfd_{add,get}_seals()

From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@...nel.org>

Support for preserving file seals will be added to memfd preservation
using the Live Update Orchestrator (LUO). Export
memfd_{add,get}_seals)() so memfd_luo can use them to manipulate the
seals.

Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/memfd.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 mm/memfd.c            |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memfd.h b/include/linux/memfd.h
index c328a7b356d0..b4fda09dab9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/memfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/memfd.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ struct folio *memfd_alloc_folio(struct file *memfd, pgoff_t idx);
  */
 int memfd_check_seals_mmap(struct file *file, vm_flags_t *vm_flags_ptr);
 struct file *memfd_alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags);
+int memfd_get_seals(struct file *file);
+int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals);
 #else
 static inline long memfd_fcntl(struct file *f, unsigned int c, unsigned int a)
 {
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ static inline struct file *memfd_alloc_file(const char *name, unsigned int flags
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
+
+static inline int memfd_get_seals(struct file *file)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_MEMFD_H */
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index f032c6052926..46c5508beea4 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static unsigned int *memfd_file_seals_ptr(struct file *file)
 		     F_SEAL_WRITE | \
 		     F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE)
 
-static int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
+int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	unsigned int *file_seals;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int memfd_get_seals(struct file *file)
+int memfd_get_seals(struct file *file)
 {
 	unsigned int *seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file);
 
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog