On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 12:08:16PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Currently btrfs_mount_root opens the block devices before committing to > allocating a super block. That creates problems for restricting the > number of writers to a device, and also leads to a unusual and not very > helpful holder (the fs_type). > > Reorganize the code to first check whether the superblock for a > particular fsid does already exist and open the block devices only if it > doesn't, mirroring the recent changes to the VFS mount helpers. To do > this the increment of the in_use counter moves out of btrfs_open_devices > and into the only caller in btrfs_mount_root so that it happens before > dropping uuid_mutex around the call to sget. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > --- Looks good to me, Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> And ofc, would be great to get btrfs reviews.
