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-rw-r--r--kernel/bpf/inode.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/inode.c b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
index 81e2f6995adb..bf6da59ae0d0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/inode.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/inode.c
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ static int bpf_mkmap(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, void *arg)
static struct dentry *
bpf_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned flags)
{
+ /* Dots in names (e.g. "/sys/fs/bpf/foo.bar") are reserved for future
+ * extensions.
+ */
if (strchr(dentry->d_name.name, '.'))
return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);