Provide an S_KERNEL_FILE inode flag that a kernel service, e.g. cachefiles,
can set to ward off other kernel services and drivers (including itself)
from using files it is actively using.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com>
---

 include/linux/fs.h |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e7a633353fd2..197493507744 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2250,6 +2250,7 @@ struct super_operations {
 #define S_ENCRYPTED    (1 << 14) /* Encrypted file (using fs/crypto/) */
 #define S_CASEFOLD     (1 << 15) /* Casefolded file */
 #define S_VERITY       (1 << 16) /* Verity file (using fs/verity/) */
+#define S_KERNEL_FILE  (1 << 17) /* File is in use by the kernel (eg. 
fs/cachefiles) */
 
 /*
  * Note that nosuid etc flags are inode-specific: setting some file-system


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