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kernel.h: move VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS() to sysfs.h

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The macro is related to sysfs, but is defined in kernel.h.  Move it to the
proper header, and unload the generic kernel.h.

Now that the macro is removed from kernel.h, linux/moduleparam.h is
decoupled, and kernel.h inclusion can be removed.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260116042510.241009-4-ynorov@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Yury Norov 2026-01-15 23:25:06 -05:00 • committed by Andrew Morton
parent 25b66674b1
commit 90ddd39b88
4 changed files with 15 additions and 14 deletions
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Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
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@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ is equivalent to doing::
.store = store_foo,
};
Note as stated in include/linux/kernel.h "OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally
Note as stated in include/linux/sysfs.h "OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally
considered a bad idea." so trying to set a sysfs file writable for
everyone will fail reverting to RO mode for "Others".

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include/linux/kernel.h
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@ -388,16 +388,4 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
# define REBUILD_DUE_TO_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
#endif
/* Permissions on a sysfs file: you didn't miss the 0 prefix did you? */
#define VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(perms) \
(BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) < 0) + \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) > 0777) + \
/* USER_READABLE >= GROUP_READABLE >= OTHER_READABLE */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 4) < (((perms) >> 3) & 4)) + \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 3) & 4) < ((perms) & 4)) + \
/* USER_WRITABLE >= GROUP_WRITABLE */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 2) < (((perms) >> 3) & 2)) + \
/* OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally considered a bad idea. */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) & 2) + \
(perms))
#endif

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include/linux/moduleparam.h
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
/*

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include/linux/sysfs.h
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@ -808,4 +808,17 @@ static inline void sysfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
kernfs_put(kn);
}
/* Permissions on a sysfs file: you didn't miss the 0 prefix did you? */
#define VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(perms) \
(BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) < 0) + \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) > 0777) + \
/* USER_READABLE >= GROUP_READABLE >= OTHER_READABLE */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 4) < (((perms) >> 3) & 4)) + \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 3) & 4) < ((perms) & 4)) + \
/* USER_WRITABLE >= GROUP_WRITABLE */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((((perms) >> 6) & 2) < (((perms) >> 3) & 2)) + \
/* OTHER_WRITABLE? Generally considered a bad idea. */ \
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perms) & 2) + \
(perms))
#endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */