When reporting a filesystem error, we really need to know where the error came from, therefore, include "function:line" information in the notification sent to userspace. There is no current users of notify_sb in the kernel, so there are no callers to update. Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 11 +++++++++-- include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index cf5245f414c2..81aaa673ada7 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -3498,14 +3498,17 @@ static inline void notify_sb(struct super_block *s, /** * notify_sb_error: Post superblock error notification. * @s: The superblock the notification is about. + * @function: function name reported as source of the warning. + * @line: source code line reported as source of the warning. * @error: The error number to be recorded. * @inode: The inode the error refers to (if available, 0 otherwise) * @block: The block the error refers to (if available, 0 otherwise) * @fmt: Formating string for extra information appended to the notification * @args: arguments for extra information string appended to the notification */ -static inline int notify_sb_error(struct super_block *s, int error, u64 inode, - u64 block, const char *fmt, va_list *args) +static inline int notify_sb_error(struct super_block *s, const char *function, int line, + int error, u64 inode, u64 block, + const char *fmt, va_list *args) { #ifdef CONFIG_SB_NOTIFICATIONS if (unlikely(s->s_watchers)) { @@ -3518,8 +3521,12 @@ static inline int notify_sb_error(struct super_block *s, int error, u64 inode, .error_cookie = 0, .inode = inode, .block = block, + .line = line, }; + memcpy(&n.function, function, SB_NOTIFICATION_FNAME_LEN); + n.function[SB_NOTIFICATION_FNAME_LEN-1] = '\0'; + post_sb_notification(s, &n.s, fmt, args); } #endif diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h b/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h index 937363d9f7b3..5fa5286c5cc7 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/watch_queue.h @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ enum superblock_notification_type { #define NOTIFY_SUPERBLOCK_IS_NOW_RO WATCH_INFO_FLAG_0 /* Superblock changed to R/O */ +#define SB_NOTIFICATION_FNAME_LEN 30 /* * Superblock notification record. * - watch.type = WATCH_TYPE_MOUNT_NOTIFY @@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ struct superblock_error_notification { __u32 error_cookie; __u64 inode; __u64 block; + char function[SB_NOTIFICATION_FNAME_LEN]; + __u16 line; char desc[0]; }; -- 2.29.2