[PATCH] fuse: fix link error with CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH=n

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 11:29:57 EST


Commit 2f19d54c055d ("fuse: support 64 bit, server allocated backing ID")
moved the CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH check out of the backing ioctl handlers
and into fuse_get_conn_for_passthrough(). The calls from the handlers
into backing.c, which is only built with CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH, are now
only removed if the compiler inlines that helper. It does not have to,
and with gcc 11 and CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE it doesn't:

dev.c:(.text+0x355c): undefined reference to `fuse_backing_open'
nios2-linux-ld: dev.c:(.text+0x3594): undefined reference to `fuse_backing_open_64'
nios2-linux-ld: dev.c:(.text+0x35d0): undefined reference to `fuse_backing_close'

Check CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH in each handler again, as
fuse_notify_backing_remove() does. The check still comes after the
fuse_get_dev() and -ENOTCONN checks, so the errors userspace sees do not
change.

Fixes: 2f19d54c055d ("fuse: support 64 bit, server allocated backing ID")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610171310.uqRzJkIx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202610260719.sj08mXBr-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/dev.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 1a40b60afb986..3641abb90d6bb 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -2334,9 +2334,6 @@ static struct fuse_conn *fuse_get_conn_for_passthrough(struct file *file)
if (!smp_load_acquire(&fud->chan->initialized))
return ERR_PTR(-ENOTCONN);

- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH))
- return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
-
return fud->chan->conn;
}

@@ -2349,6 +2346,9 @@ static long fuse_dev_ioctl_backing_open(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(fc))
return PTR_ERR(fc);

+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (copy_from_user(&map, argp, sizeof(map)))
return -EFAULT;

@@ -2364,6 +2364,9 @@ static long fuse_dev_ioctl_backing_create(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(fc))
return PTR_ERR(fc);

+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (copy_from_user(&map, argp, sizeof(map)))
return -EFAULT;

@@ -2378,6 +2381,9 @@ static long fuse_dev_ioctl_backing_close(struct file *file, __u32 __user *argp)
if (IS_ERR(fc))
return PTR_ERR(fc);

+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (get_user(backing_id, argp))
return -EFAULT;


base-commit: 9b1da7b4a4e197072e630c3b85d4100a399752ff
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2.53.0