[PATCH RESEND v2 1/6] proc: drop ->proc_write()

Christian Brauner brauner at kernel.org
Wed Nov 4 13:15:32 PST 2026


Every writable entry implements ->proc_write_buf() now and procfs
copies in what is written before it pins the entry. Remove
->proc_write().

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner at kernel.org>
---
 fs/proc/generic.c       |  2 --
 fs/proc/inode.c         | 15 +--------------
 include/linux/proc_fs.h |  1 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 9c073cb867e5..e3ae11805c0f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -473,8 +473,6 @@ static int pde_set_flags(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 	if (proc_ops->proc_mmap)
 		pde->flags |= PROC_ENTRY_proc_mmap;
 	if (proc_ops->proc_write_buf) {
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(proc_ops->proc_write))
-			return -EINVAL;
 		pde->flags |= PROC_ENTRY_proc_write_buf;
 		pde->write_size = proc_ops->proc_write_size ?: PAGE_SIZE - 1;
 		if (proc_ops->proc_flags & PROC_ENTRY_SHORT_WRITES)
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index ab30a58879d5..a7ebbe334afa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -508,14 +508,6 @@ static ssize_t proc_reg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 	return rv;
 }
 
-static ssize_t pde_write(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	const auto write = pde->proc_ops->proc_write;
-	if (write)
-		return write(file, buf, count, ppos);
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
 /*
  * procfs copies in what is written before it pins the entry. A writer that
  * faults on its buffer then doesn't hold up remove_proc_entry().
@@ -550,15 +542,10 @@ static ssize_t pde_write_buf(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file,
 static ssize_t proc_reg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(file));
-	ssize_t rv;
 
 	if (pde_has_proc_write_buf(pde))
 		return pde_write_buf(pde, file, buf, count, ppos);
-	if (!pde_pin(pde))
-		return -EIO;
-	rv = pde_write(pde, file, buf, count, ppos);
-	pde_unpin(pde);
-	return rv;
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 8520b18ce1f7..8c406f4d09a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ struct proc_ops {
 	int	(*proc_open)(struct inode *, struct file *);
 	ssize_t	(*proc_read)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 	ssize_t (*proc_read_iter)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-	ssize_t	(*proc_write)(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 	/*
 	 * mandatory unless nonseekable_open() or equivalent is used, procfs
 	 * seeks seq_file entries itself

-- 
2.53.0




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