[PATCH 08/39] configfs, securityfs: kill_litter_super() not needed

[Joel Becker]

Reviewed-by: Joel Becker <jlbec at evilplan.org>

On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 08:47:27AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> These are guaranteed to be empty by the time they are shut down;
> both are single-instance and there is an internal mount maintained
> for as long as there is any contents.
> 
> Both have that internal mount pinned by every object in root.
> 
> In other words, kill_litter_super() boils down to kill_anon_super()
> for those.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> ---
>  fs/configfs/mount.c | 2 +-
>  security/inode.c    | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> index 740f18b60c9d..fa66e25f0d75 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static struct file_system_type configfs_fs_type = {
>  	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  	.name		= "configfs",
>  	.init_fs_context = configfs_init_fs_context,
> -	.kill_sb	= kill_litter_super,
> +	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
>  };
>  MODULE_ALIAS_FS("configfs");
>  
> diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
> index 43382ef8896e..bf7b5e2e6955 100644
> --- a/security/inode.c
> +++ b/security/inode.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static struct file_system_type fs_type = {
>  	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
>  	.name =		"securityfs",
>  	.init_fs_context = securityfs_init_fs_context,
> -	.kill_sb =	kill_litter_super,
> +	.kill_sb =	kill_anon_super,
>  };
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 

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