After some time I am once again resurrecting the patchset to convert the ext4 to use the new mount API (Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.txt). The series can be applied on top of the current mainline tree and the work is based on the patches from David Howells (thank you David). It was built and tested with xfstests and a new ext4 mount options regression test that was sent to the fstests list. https://www.spinics.net/lists/fstests/msg17756.html Here is a high level description of the patchset 1. Prepare the ext4 mount parameters required by the new mount API and use it for parsing, while still using the old API to get the options string. fs_parse: allow parameter value to be empty ext4: Add fs parameter specifications for mount options ext4: move option validation to a separate function ext4: Change handle_mount_opt() to use fs_parameter 2. Remove the use of ext4 super block from all the parsing code, because with the new mount API the parsing is going to be done before we even get the super block. ext4: Allow sb to be NULL in ext4_msg() ext4: move quota configuration out of handle_mount_opt() ext4: check ext2/3 compatibility outside handle_mount_opt() ext4: get rid of super block and sbi from handle_mount_ops() 3. Actually finish the separation of the parsing and super block setup into distinct steps. This is where the new ext4_fill_super() and ext4_remount() functions are created temporarily before the actual transition to the new API. ext4: Completely separate options parsing and sb setup 4. Make some last preparations and actually switch the ext4 to use the new mount API. ext4: clean up return values in handle_mount_opt() ext4: change token2str() to use ext4_param_specs ext4: switch to the new mount api 5. Cleanup the old unused structures and rearrange the parsing function. ext4: Remove unused match_table_t tokens There is still a potential to do some cleanups and perhaps refactoring such as using the fsparam_flag_no to remove the separate negative options for example. However that can be done later after the conversion to the new mount API which is the main purpose of the patchset. Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- V2 -> V3: Rebase to the newer kernel, including new mount options. V1 -> V2: Rebase to the newer kernel Lukas Czerner (13): fs_parse: allow parameter value to be empty ext4: Add fs parameter specifications for mount options ext4: move option validation to a separate function ext4: Change handle_mount_opt() to use fs_parameter ext4: Allow sb to be NULL in ext4_msg() ext4: move quota configuration out of handle_mount_opt() ext4: check ext2/3 compatibility outside handle_mount_opt() ext4: get rid of super block and sbi from handle_mount_ops() ext4: Completely separate options parsing and sb setup ext4: clean up return values in handle_mount_opt() ext4: change token2str() to use ext4_param_specs ext4: switch to the new mount api ext4: Remove unused match_table_t tokens fs/ext4/super.c | 1846 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- fs/fs_parser.c | 31 +- include/linux/fs_parser.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 1187 insertions(+), 692 deletions(-) base-commit: d9abdee5fd5abffd0e763e52fbfa3116de167822 -- 2.31.1
