We already communicate to filesystems when a remount request comes from
the old mount api as some filesystems choose to implement different
behavior in the new mount api than the old mount api to e.g., take the
chance to fix significant api bugs. Allow the same for regular mount
requests.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 54847db5b819..7a74f8f703ca 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,12 @@ static int do_remount(struct path *path, int ms_flags, int sb_flags,
if (IS_ERR(fc))
return PTR_ERR(fc);
+ /*
+ * Indicate to the filesystem that the remount request is coming
+ * from the legacy mount system call.
+ */
fc->oldapi = true;
+
err = parse_monolithic_mount_data(fc, data);
if (!err) {
down_write(&sb->s_umount);
@@ -3026,6 +3031,12 @@ static int do_new_mount(struct path *path, const char *fstype, int sb_flags,
if (IS_ERR(fc))
return PTR_ERR(fc);
+ /*
+ * Indicate to the filesystem that the mount request is coming
+ * from the legacy mount system call.
+ */
+ fc->oldapi = true;
+
if (subtype)
err = vfs_parse_fs_string(fc, "subtype",
subtype, strlen(subtype));
--
2.34.1
