linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] ext4: new mount API conversion

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:39:19 +0200
From:   Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] ext4: new mount API conversion

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 01:44:55PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> After some time I am once again resurrecting the patchset to convert the
> ext4 to use the new mount API
> (Documentation/filesystems/mount_api.txt).
> 
> The series can be applied on top of the current mainline tree and the work
> is based on the patches from David Howells (thank you David). It was built
> and tested with xfstests and a new ext4 mount options regression test that
> was sent to the fstests list.
> 
> Lukas Czerner (13):
>   fs_parse: allow parameter value to be empty
>   ext4: Add fs parameter specifications for mount options
>   ext4: move option validation to a separate function
>   ext4: Change handle_mount_opt() to use fs_parameter
>   ext4: Allow sb to be NULL in ext4_msg()
>   ext4: move quota configuration out of handle_mount_opt()
>   ext4: check ext2/3 compatibility outside handle_mount_opt()
>   ext4: get rid of super block and sbi from handle_mount_ops()
>   ext4: Completely separate options parsing and sb setup
>   ext4: clean up return values in handle_mount_opt()
>   ext4: change token2str() to use ext4_param_specs
>   ext4: switch to the new mount api
>   ext4: Remove unused match_table_t tokens
> 

The patches seem ok. I can't review ext4 specific details as naming and code
style, but the logic applied to the patches are fine. There are a few typos in
some patches that I pointed, but the patches themselves are fine, so, feel free
to add:

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>

-- 
Carlos