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From: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz, tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] docs/bpf: Document bpf_path_getattr()
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:59:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029095952.44833-3-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029095952.44833-1-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>

Describe the interface, result fields, supported flags, and calling
requirements.

Signed-off-by: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/fs_kfuncs.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/fs_kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/fs_kfuncs.rst
index 8762c3233a3d..9e0e391bc007 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/fs_kfuncs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/fs_kfuncs.rst
@@ -13,9 +13,22 @@ BPF kfuncs can be used to get these data.
 
  * ``bpf_get_fsverity_digest()``
 
+ * ``bpf_path_getattr()``
+
 To avoid recursions, these kfuncs follow the following rules:
 
 1. These kfuncs are only permitted from BPF LSM function.
 2. These kfuncs should not call into other LSM hooks, i.e. security_*(). For
    example, ``bpf_get_file_xattr()`` does not use ``vfs_getxattr()``, because
    the latter calls LSM hook ``security_inode_getxattr``.
+
+File attributes
+===============
+
+``bpf_path_getattr()`` queries filesystem attributes with statx(2) semantics,
+including overlayfs inode and device identity. Use a trusted hook argument,
+such as the path in ``lsm.s/inode_getattr`` or ``&file->f_path`` in
+``lsm.s/file_open``.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: fs/bpf_fs_kfuncs.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_file_stat bpf_path_getattr
-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-29 10:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-29  9:59 [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Add bpf_path_getattr() Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-10-29  9:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] " Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-10-29 10:55   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-29  9:59 ` Anastasios Papagiannis [this message]
2026-10-29  9:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Test bpf_path_getattr() Anastasios Papagiannis

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