Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] xfs: mount API patch series

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 08:59:16AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> This patch series adds support to xfs for the new kernel mount API
> as described in the LWN article at https://lwn.net/Articles/780267/.
> 
> In the article there's a lengthy description of the reasons for
> adopting the API and problems expected to be resolved by using it.
> 
> The series has been applied to the repository located at
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux.git, and built, and
> the xfstests suite run against it.
> 
> I didn't see any failures that look like they are related to mounting.

I don't think there are any xfstests that test mount option parsing in
anger.

--D

> Changes from the initial posting of the series:
> - changed .name to uppercase in fs_parameter_description to ensure
>   consistent error log messages between the vfs parser and the xfs
>   parameter parser.
> - clearify comment above xfs_parse_param() about when possibly
>   allocated mp->m_logname or mp->m_rtname are freed.
> - factor out xfs_remount_rw() and xfs_remount_ro() from  xfs_remount().
> - changed xfs_mount_alloc() to not set super block in xfs_mount so it
>   can be re-used when switching to the mount-api.
> - fixed don't check for NULL when calling kfree() in xfs_fc_free().
> - refactored xfs_parseargs() in an attempt to highlight the code
>   that actually changes in converting to use the new mount api.
> - dropped xfs-mount-api-rename-xfs_fill_super.patch, it didn't seem
>   necessary.
> - move comment about remount difficulties above xfs_reconfigure()
>   and increase line length to try and make the comment managable.
> - add patch vfs-Create-fs_context-aware-mount_bdev-replacement.patch
>   that adds the vfs_get_block_super() needed by the series.
> 
> The patch "vfs: Create fs_context-aware mount_bdev() replacement" is
> currently included in linux-next so there will be conflicts if this
> series is merged in the next merge window so please be aware of it.
> 
> ---
> 
> David Howells (1):
>       vfs: Create fs_context-aware mount_bdev() replacement
> 
> Ian Kent (14):
>       xfs: mount-api - add fs parameter description
>       xfs: mount-api - refactor suffix_kstrtoint()
>       xfs: mount-api - refactor xfs_parseags()
>       xfs: mount-api - make xfs_parse_param() take context .parse_param() args
>       xfs: mount-api - move xfs_parseargs() validation to a helper
>       xfs: mount-api - refactor xfs_fs_fill_super()
>       xfs: mount-api - add xfs_get_tree()
>       xfs: mount-api - add xfs_remount_rw() helper
>       xfs: mount-api - add xfs_remount_ro() helper
>       xfs: mount api - add xfs_reconfigure()
>       xfs: mount-api - add xfs_fc_free()
>       xfs: mount-api - dont set sb in xfs_mount_alloc()
>       xfs: mount-api - switch to new mount-api
>       xfs: mount-api - remove legacy mount functions
> 
> 
>  fs/fs_context.c            |    2 
>  fs/super.c                 |  111 +++++
>  fs/xfs/xfs_super.c         |  949 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  include/linux/fs_context.h |    9 
>  4 files changed, 631 insertions(+), 440 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> Ian



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