Export rw_verify_area() for so that cachefiles can use it before issuing call_read_iter() and call_write_iter() to effect async DIO operations against the cache. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/internal.h | 5 ----- fs/read_write.c | 1 + include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h index a7cd0f64faa4..0a536f21f498 100644 --- a/fs/internal.h +++ b/fs/internal.h @@ -165,11 +165,6 @@ extern char *simple_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int); extern void dput_to_list(struct dentry *, struct list_head *); extern void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *); -/* - * read_write.c - */ -extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, const loff_t *, size_t); - /* * pipe.c */ diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 75f764b43418..fe84e11245bd 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, const loff_t *ppos, size_t return security_file_permission(file, read_write == READ ? MAY_READ : MAY_WRITE); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(rw_verify_area); static ssize_t new_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *ppos) { diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 8667d0cdc71e..52fb357579c8 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2762,6 +2762,7 @@ extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *, struct inode **); extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int); extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int); extern int __check_sticky(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode); +extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, const loff_t *, size_t); static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode) {