netdev - Re: [PATCH] userns: Add basic quota support v2

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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:51:01 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, Ben Myers <bpm@....com>,
	Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>,
	Abhijith Das <adas@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] userns: Add basic quota support v2

On Tue 28-08-12 10:34:04, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> writes:
> >> +		return -EINVAL;
> >> +	ret = sb->s_qcop->get_dqblk(sb, qown, &fdq);
> >>  	if (ret)
> >>  		return ret;
> >>  	copy_to_if_dqblk(&idq, &fdq);
> > ...
> >> +static inline u32 from_qown(struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct qown qown)
> >> +{
> >> +	switch (qown.type) {
> >> +	case USRQUOTA:
> >> +		return from_kuid(user_ns, qown.uid);
> >> +	case GRPQUOTA:
> >> +		return from_kgid(user_ns, qown.gid);
> >> +	case XQM_PRJQUOTA:
> >> +		return (user_ns == &init_user_ns) ? qown.prj : -1;
> >> +	default:
> >> +		BUG();
> >> +	}
> >> +}
> >   I would like a bit more if the function somehow expressed in its name
> > that it returns id. id_from_qown() might be a bit too long given how often
> > it is used. qown2id() would be OK but it would be inconsistent with how
> > names of other functions you've added are formed. So I'm somewhat
> > undecided...
> 
> The qown vs id distinction bothers me a little bit.
> 
> I almost want to name it struct kid, and the functions make_kid,
> from_kid etc.  Where the emphasis is that we are transforming in and out
> of the kernel internal form.  I don't really like make_kid because id as
> a base name seems to generic and it barely tells you it is.  Perhaps
> make_kqid.  Where we call the quota ids and qid for short?
> 
> I am a little uncomfortable calling them kqids because the userspace
> code also places format_ids in a plain qid_t.  But make_kqid and
> from_kqid seems the best alternate set of names I can come up with.
  OK, these would seem reasonable to me.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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