linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: handle option set by mount flags correctly

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Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 01:52:32 -0400
From:   tytso@....edu
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: handle option set by mount flags correctly

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 05:05:26PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently there is a problem with mount options that can be both set by
> vfs using mount flags or by a string parsing in ext4.
> 
> i_version/iversion options gets lost after remount, for example
> 
> $ mount -o i_version /dev/pmem0 /mnt
> $ grep pmem0 /proc/self/mountinfo | grep i_version
> 310 95 259:0 / /mnt rw,relatime shared:163 - ext4 /dev/pmem0 rw,seclabel,i_version
> $ mount -o remount,ro /mnt
> $ grep pmem0 /proc/self/mountinfo | grep i_version
> 
> nolazytime gets ignored by ext4 on remount, for example
> 
> $ mount -o lazytime /dev/pmem0 /mnt
> $ grep pmem0 /proc/self/mountinfo | grep lazytime
> 310 95 259:0 / /mnt rw,relatime shared:163 - ext4 /dev/pmem0 rw,lazytime,seclabel
> $ mount -o remount,nolazytime /mnt
> $ grep pmem0 /proc/self/mountinfo | grep lazytime
> 310 95 259:0 / /mnt rw,relatime shared:163 - ext4 /dev/pmem0 rw,lazytime,seclabel
> 
> Fix it by applying the SB_LAZYTIME and SB_I_VERSION flags from *flags to
> s_flags before we parse the option and use the resulting state of the
> same flags in *flags at the end of successful remount.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted