linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Add support for FS_IOC

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Message-Id: <157E2709-34C2-4C45-BF68-BF55780480A6@dilger.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:03:03 -0600
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
 Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Add support for FS_IOC_GETFSSYSFSPATH

On Mar 14, 2024, at 9:53 PM, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev> wrote:
> 
> the new sysfs path ioctl lets us get the /sys/fs/ path for a given
> filesystem in a fs agnostic way, potentially nudging us towards
> standarizing some of our reporting.

I find it ironic that we are adding an ioctl to be able to get the
sysfs path, which was originally created to avoid adding ioctls...
But, the days of jumping through hoops to find stuff in sysfs for
each filesystem arrived long ago, so we may as well make it easier. :-)

Cheers, Andreas

> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
> ---
> fs/ext4/super.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index f5e5a44778cf..cb82b23a4d98 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -5346,6 +5346,7 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
> 	sb->s_quota_types = QTYPE_MASK_USR | QTYPE_MASK_GRP | QTYPE_MASK_PRJ;
> #endif
> 	super_set_uuid(sb, es->s_uuid, sizeof(es->s_uuid));
> +	super_set_sysfs_name_bdev(sb);
> 
> 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_orphan); /* unlinked but open files */
> 	mutex_init(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
> --
> 2.43.0
> 


Cheers, Andreas






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