"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 09:31:14PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
>> 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 df588edc0a34..864d86fcc68c 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
>> @@ -3514,14 +3514,17 @@ 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)) {
>> @@ -3534,8 +3537,12 @@ 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;
>
> Er... this is enlarging a structure in the userspace ABI, right? Which
> will break userspace that latched on to the structure definition in the
> previous patch, and therefore isn't expecting a function name here.
Hi Darrick,
Since the structure is defined in the patch immediately before, I
thought it would be ok to split the patch to preserve authorship of the
different parts. I will fold this into patch 4 in the next iteration.
>
> If you're gonna put a character string(?) at the end then I guess you
> have to pre-pad the notification structure so that we can add things
> later, or.... bump the type code every time you add a field?
>
> (Maybe I misread that? But this is include/uapi/...)
>
> --D
>
>> char desc[0];
>> };
>>
>> --
>> 2.29.2
>>
--
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
