[PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm()

NeilBrown neilb at ownmail.net
Thu Mar 12 14:12:37 PDT 2026


From: NeilBrown <neil at brown.name>

These are no longer used, so remove them.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil at brown.name>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst |  7 +++
 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c                   |  2 +-
 fs/namei.c                            | 61 ++-------------------------
 include/linux/namei.h                 |  2 -
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 154a38cd7801..7e83bd3c5a12 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1396,3 +1396,10 @@ and d_alloc_parallel() or d_alloc_noblock() when standard interfaces can be used
 d_rehash() is gone. It should never be needed.  Only unhash a dentry if
 you really don't want it.
 
+---
+
+** mandatory**
+
+lookup_one() and lookup_noperm() are no longer available.  Use
+start_creating() or similar instead.
+
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index beb9e2c8b8b3..a7a596d51d67 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *ecryptfs_dir_inode,
 
 	lower_dentry = lookup_noperm_unlocked(&qname, lower_dir_dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(lower_dentry)) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: lookup_noperm() returned "
+		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: lookup_noperm_unlocked() returned "
 				"[%ld] on lower_dentry = [%s]\n", __func__,
 				PTR_ERR(lower_dentry),
 				qname.name);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index eed388ee8a30..cb80490a869f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3148,59 +3148,6 @@ struct dentry *try_lookup_noperm(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_lookup_noperm);
 
-/**
- * lookup_noperm - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
- * @name:	qstr storing pathname component to lookup
- * @base:	base directory to lookup from
- *
- * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
- * not be called by generic code.  It does no permission checking.
- *
- * The caller must hold base->i_rwsem.
- */
-struct dentry *lookup_noperm(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	int err;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode));
-
-	err = lookup_noperm_common(name, base);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-
-	dentry = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
-	return dentry ? dentry : __lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_noperm);
-
-/**
- * lookup_one - lookup single pathname component
- * @idmap:	idmap of the mount the lookup is performed from
- * @name:	qstr holding pathname component to lookup
- * @base:	base directory to lookup from
- *
- * This can be used for in-kernel filesystem clients such as file servers.
- *
- * The caller must hold base->i_rwsem.
- */
-struct dentry *lookup_one(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct qstr *name,
-			  struct dentry *base)
-{
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	int err;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(base->d_inode));
-
-	err = lookup_one_common(idmap, name, base);
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-
-	dentry = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
-	return dentry ? dentry : __lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one);
-
 /**
  * lookup_one_unlocked - lookup single pathname component
  * @idmap:	idmap of the mount the lookup is performed from
@@ -3209,8 +3156,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one);
  *
  * This can be used for in-kernel filesystem clients such as file servers.
  *
- * Unlike lookup_one, it should be called without the parent
- * i_rwsem held, and will take the i_rwsem itself if necessary.
+ * It should be called without the parent i_rwsem held, and will take
+ * the i_rwsem itself if necessary.
  *
  * Returns: - A dentry, possibly negative, or
  *	    - same errors as try_lookup_noperm() or
@@ -3322,8 +3269,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_positive_unlocked);
  * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
  * not be called by generic code. It does no permission checking.
  *
- * Unlike lookup_noperm(), it should be called without the parent
- * i_rwsem held, and will take the i_rwsem itself if necessary.
+ * This should be called without the parent i_rwsem held, and will take
+ * the i_rwsem itself if necessary.
  *
  * Unlike try_lookup_noperm() it *does* revalidate the dentry if it already
  * existed.
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index b3346a513d8f..cb79e84c718d 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, const char *,
 		    unsigned int, struct path *);
 
 extern struct dentry *try_lookup_noperm(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
-extern struct dentry *lookup_noperm(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_noperm_unlocked(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_noperm_positive_unlocked(struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
-struct dentry *lookup_one(struct mnt_idmap *, struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
 struct dentry *lookup_one_unlocked(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 				   struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base);
 struct dentry *lookup_one_positive_unlocked(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
-- 
2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty




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