linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change

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Message-ID: <2026020541-energize-graduate-981a@gregkh>
Date: Thu,  5 Feb 2026 14:09:42 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: rafael@...nel.org,
	dakr@...nel.org
Cc: driver-core@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change_owner()

Both sysfs_change_owner() and sysfs_file_change_owner() are exported to
modules, but there are no in-kernel module users, so remove the exports
so that crazy out-of-tree drivers don't get the impression that it is
safe to call these functions at all.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/sysfs/file.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 3825e780cc58..a8176c875f55 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -689,7 +689,6 @@ int sysfs_file_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name, kuid_t kuid,
 
 	return error;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_file_change_owner);
 
 /**
  *	sysfs_change_owner - change owner of the given object.
@@ -736,7 +735,6 @@ int sysfs_change_owner(struct kobject *kobj, kuid_t kuid, kgid_t kgid)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_change_owner);
 
 /**
  *	sysfs_emit - scnprintf equivalent, aware of PAGE_SIZE buffer.
-- 
2.53.0