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fs: Export alloc_empty_backing_file
authorHongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:31:23 +0000 (01:31 +0000)
committerGao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:01:13 +0000 (20:01 +0800)
commit37364497048c5081d3bfa424638cc91a7a7644e2
tree3dc6eb0ff307f38e106dd99911ade139ee841847
parent0bd20d8ee3f7b449241d690a17cf0a4981e1c959
fs: Export alloc_empty_backing_file

There is no need to open nonexistent real files if backing files
couldn't be backed by real files (e.g., EROFS page cache sharing
doesn't need typical real files to open again).

Therefore, we export the alloc_empty_backing_file() helper, allowing
filesystems to dynamically set the backing file without real file
open. This is particularly useful for obtaining the correct @path
and @inode when calling file_user_path() and file_user_inode().

Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
fs/file_table.c