linux-kernel - [PATCH 24/32] vfs: Add some logging to the core users of the fs

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Date:   Fri, 25 May 2018 01:07:59 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 24/32] vfs: Add some logging to the core users of the
 fs_context log [ver #8]

Add some logging to the core users of the fs_context log so that
information can be extracted from them as to the reason for failure.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 fs/super.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 06a665628939..447476d4371c 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1743,8 +1743,10 @@ int vfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (fc->fs_type->fs_flags & FS_REQUIRES_DEV && !fc->source)
+	if (fc->fs_type->fs_flags & FS_REQUIRES_DEV && !fc->source) {
+		errorf(fc, "Filesystem requires source device");
 		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	if (fc->root)
 		return -EBUSY;