Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ad321506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,482 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * file.c - operations for regular (text) files.
+ *
+ * Based on sysfs:
+ * 	sysfs is Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Patrick Mochel
+ *
+ * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+#include "configfs_internal.h"
+
+/*
+ * A simple attribute can only be 4096 characters.  Why 4k?  Because the
+ * original code limited it to PAGE_SIZE.  That's a bad idea, though,
+ * because an attribute of 16k on ia64 won't work on x86.  So we limit to
+ * 4k, our minimum common page size.
+ */
+#define SIMPLE_ATTR_SIZE 4096
+
+struct configfs_buffer {
+	size_t			count;
+	loff_t			pos;
+	char			* page;
+	struct configfs_item_operations	* ops;
+	struct mutex		mutex;
+	int			needs_read_fill;
+	bool			read_in_progress;
+	bool			write_in_progress;
+	char			*bin_buffer;
+	int			bin_buffer_size;
+	int			cb_max_size;
+	struct config_item	*item;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	union {
+		struct configfs_attribute	*attr;
+		struct configfs_bin_attribute	*bin_attr;
+	};
+};
+
+static inline struct configfs_fragment *to_frag(struct file *file)
+{
+	struct configfs_dirent *sd = file->f_path.dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	return sd->s_frag;
+}
+
+static int fill_read_buffer(struct file *file, struct configfs_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
+	ssize_t count = -ENOENT;
+
+	if (!buffer->page)
+		buffer->page = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buffer->page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	if (!frag->frag_dead)
+		count = buffer->attr->show(buffer->item, buffer->page);
+	up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+
+	if (count < 0)
+		return count;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(count > (ssize_t)SIMPLE_ATTR_SIZE))
+		return -EIO;
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
+	buffer->count = count;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t configfs_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	ssize_t retval = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
+		retval = fill_read_buffer(file, buffer);
+		if (retval)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	pr_debug("%s: count = %zd, pos = %lld, buf = %s\n",
+		 __func__, iov_iter_count(to), iocb->ki_pos, buffer->page);
+	if (iocb->ki_pos >= buffer->count)
+		goto out;
+	retval = copy_to_iter(buffer->page + iocb->ki_pos,
+			      buffer->count - iocb->ki_pos, to);
+	iocb->ki_pos += retval;
+	if (retval == 0)
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static ssize_t configfs_bin_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	ssize_t retval = 0;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
+	/* we don't support switching read/write modes */
+	if (buffer->write_in_progress) {
+		retval = -ETXTBSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	buffer->read_in_progress = true;
+
+	if (buffer->needs_read_fill) {
+		/* perform first read with buf == NULL to get extent */
+		down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+		if (!frag->frag_dead)
+			len = buffer->bin_attr->read(buffer->item, NULL, 0);
+		else
+			len = -ENOENT;
+		up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+		if (len <= 0) {
+			retval = len;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* do not exceed the maximum value */
+		if (buffer->cb_max_size && len > buffer->cb_max_size) {
+			retval = -EFBIG;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		buffer->bin_buffer = vmalloc(len);
+		if (buffer->bin_buffer == NULL) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		buffer->bin_buffer_size = len;
+
+		/* perform second read to fill buffer */
+		down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+		if (!frag->frag_dead)
+			len = buffer->bin_attr->read(buffer->item,
+						     buffer->bin_buffer, len);
+		else
+			len = -ENOENT;
+		up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+		if (len < 0) {
+			retval = len;
+			vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+			buffer->bin_buffer_size = 0;
+			buffer->bin_buffer = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		buffer->needs_read_fill = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (iocb->ki_pos >= buffer->bin_buffer_size)
+		goto out;
+	retval = copy_to_iter(buffer->bin_buffer + iocb->ki_pos,
+			      buffer->bin_buffer_size - iocb->ki_pos, to);
+	iocb->ki_pos += retval;
+	if (retval == 0)
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/* Fill @buffer with data coming from @from. */
+static int fill_write_buffer(struct configfs_buffer *buffer,
+			     struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	int copied;
+
+	if (!buffer->page)
+		buffer->page = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+	if (!buffer->page)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	copied = copy_from_iter(buffer->page, SIMPLE_ATTR_SIZE - 1, from);
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	/* if buf is assumed to contain a string, terminate it by \0,
+	 * so e.g. sscanf() can scan the string easily */
+	buffer->page[copied] = 0;
+	return copied ? : -EFAULT;
+}
+
+static int
+flush_write_buffer(struct file *file, struct configfs_buffer *buffer, size_t count)
+{
+	struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
+	int res = -ENOENT;
+
+	down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	if (!frag->frag_dead)
+		res = buffer->attr->store(buffer->item, buffer->page, count);
+	up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	return res;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * There is no easy way for us to know if userspace is only doing a partial
+ * write, so we don't support them. We expect the entire buffer to come on the
+ * first write.
+ * Hint: if you're writing a value, first read the file, modify only the value
+ * you're changing, then write entire buffer back.
+ */
+static ssize_t configfs_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	int len;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+	len = fill_write_buffer(buffer, from);
+	if (len > 0)
+		len = flush_write_buffer(file, buffer, len);
+	if (len > 0)
+		iocb->ki_pos += len;
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return len;
+}
+
+static ssize_t configfs_bin_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
+				       struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+	void *tbuf = NULL;
+	size_t end_offset;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
+	/* we don't support switching read/write modes */
+	if (buffer->read_in_progress) {
+		len = -ETXTBSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	buffer->write_in_progress = true;
+
+	/* buffer grows? */
+	end_offset = iocb->ki_pos + iov_iter_count(from);
+	if (end_offset > buffer->bin_buffer_size) {
+		if (buffer->cb_max_size && end_offset > buffer->cb_max_size) {
+			len = -EFBIG;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		tbuf = vmalloc(end_offset);
+		if (tbuf == NULL) {
+			len = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* copy old contents */
+		if (buffer->bin_buffer) {
+			memcpy(tbuf, buffer->bin_buffer,
+				buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+			vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+		}
+
+		/* clear the new area */
+		memset(tbuf + buffer->bin_buffer_size, 0,
+			end_offset - buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+		buffer->bin_buffer = tbuf;
+		buffer->bin_buffer_size = end_offset;
+	}
+
+	len = copy_from_iter(buffer->bin_buffer + iocb->ki_pos,
+			     buffer->bin_buffer_size - iocb->ki_pos, from);
+	iocb->ki_pos += len;
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	return len ? : -EFAULT;
+}
+
+static int __configfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int type)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
+	struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
+	struct configfs_attribute *attr;
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer;
+	int error;
+
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(struct configfs_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buffer)
+		goto out;
+
+	error = -ENOENT;
+	down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	if (unlikely(frag->frag_dead))
+		goto out_free_buffer;
+
+	error = -EINVAL;
+	buffer->item = to_item(dentry->d_parent);
+	if (!buffer->item)
+		goto out_free_buffer;
+
+	attr = to_attr(dentry);
+	if (!attr)
+		goto out_free_buffer;
+
+	if (type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) {
+		buffer->bin_attr = to_bin_attr(dentry);
+		buffer->cb_max_size = buffer->bin_attr->cb_max_size;
+	} else {
+		buffer->attr = attr;
+	}
+
+	buffer->owner = attr->ca_owner;
+	/* Grab the module reference for this attribute if we have one */
+	error = -ENODEV;
+	if (!try_module_get(buffer->owner))
+		goto out_free_buffer;
+
+	error = -EACCES;
+	if (!buffer->item->ci_type)
+		goto out_put_module;
+
+	buffer->ops = buffer->item->ci_type->ct_item_ops;
+
+	/* File needs write support.
+	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok,
+	 * and we must have a store method.
+	 */
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
+		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IWUGO))
+			goto out_put_module;
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) && !attr->store)
+			goto out_put_module;
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) && !buffer->bin_attr->write)
+			goto out_put_module;
+	}
+
+	/* File needs read support.
+	 * The inode's perms must say it's ok, and we there
+	 * must be a show method for it.
+	 */
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+		if (!(inode->i_mode & S_IRUGO))
+			goto out_put_module;
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) && !attr->show)
+			goto out_put_module;
+		if ((type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) && !buffer->bin_attr->read)
+			goto out_put_module;
+	}
+
+	mutex_init(&buffer->mutex);
+	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	buffer->read_in_progress = false;
+	buffer->write_in_progress = false;
+	file->private_data = buffer;
+	up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	return 0;
+
+out_put_module:
+	module_put(buffer->owner);
+out_free_buffer:
+	up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	kfree(buffer);
+out:
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int configfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = filp->private_data;
+
+	module_put(buffer->owner);
+	if (buffer->page)
+		free_page((unsigned long)buffer->page);
+	mutex_destroy(&buffer->mutex);
+	kfree(buffer);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int configfs_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return __configfs_open_file(inode, filp, CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR);
+}
+
+static int configfs_open_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	return __configfs_open_file(inode, filp, CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR);
+}
+
+static int configfs_release_bin_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct configfs_buffer *buffer = file->private_data;
+
+	if (buffer->write_in_progress) {
+		struct configfs_fragment *frag = to_frag(file);
+
+		down_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+		if (!frag->frag_dead) {
+			/* result of ->release() is ignored */
+			buffer->bin_attr->write(buffer->item,
+					buffer->bin_buffer,
+					buffer->bin_buffer_size);
+		}
+		up_read(&frag->frag_sem);
+	}
+
+	vfree(buffer->bin_buffer);
+
+	configfs_release(inode, file);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+const struct file_operations configfs_file_operations = {
+	.read_iter	= configfs_read_iter,
+	.write_iter	= configfs_write_iter,
+	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.open		= configfs_open_file,
+	.release	= configfs_release,
+};
+
+const struct file_operations configfs_bin_file_operations = {
+	.read_iter	= configfs_bin_read_iter,
+	.write_iter	= configfs_bin_write_iter,
+	.llseek		= NULL,		/* bin file is not seekable */
+	.open		= configfs_open_bin_file,
+	.release	= configfs_release_bin_file,
+};
+
+/**
+ *	configfs_create_file - create an attribute file for an item.
+ *	@item:	item we're creating for.
+ *	@attr:	atrribute descriptor.
+ */
+
+int configfs_create_file(struct config_item * item, const struct configfs_attribute * attr)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir = item->ci_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
+	umode_t mode = (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	inode_lock_nested(d_inode(dir), I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
+	error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode,
+				     CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR, parent_sd->s_frag);
+	inode_unlock(d_inode(dir));
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	configfs_create_bin_file - create a binary attribute file for an item.
+ *	@item:	item we're creating for.
+ *	@bin_attr: atrribute descriptor.
+ */
+
+int configfs_create_bin_file(struct config_item *item,
+		const struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr)
+{
+	struct dentry *dir = item->ci_dentry;
+	struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
+	umode_t mode = (bin_attr->cb_attr.ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	inode_lock_nested(dir->d_inode, I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
+	error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) bin_attr, mode,
+				     CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR, parent_sd->s_frag);
+	inode_unlock(dir->d_inode);
+
+	return error;
+}