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Message-ID: <7e0fb38c0905071335g7ebe972xa82faa1161f7ff0b@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 16:35:49 -0400
From: Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
To: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, serue@...ibm.com,
hpa@...or.com, sukadev@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
eparis@...hat.com, jbacik@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [v3][PATCH 5/5] Merge code for single and multiple-instance
mounts
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu
<sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Subject: [v3][PATCH 5/5] Merge code for single and multiple-instance mounts
I just tried to load the linux-next kernel on F11 and ran into a
problem. X started, I could log in, I could start programs like
firefox and evolution, but not gnome-terminal. It would just flash
and disappear. Running xterm resulted in a window, that I could type
in, but it wasn't a shell. It didn't do anything.
I switched to vt2 set the display to my X session and tried to run
xterm. It said something about a permission being denied, so I
decided to strace it. I saw EACCESS returning from calls dealing with
/dev/pts/0. This lead me to git bisect start fs/devpts from the
latest in linux-next as bad and 2.6.29 as good. Couple interations
later and I find that this commit (1bd7903560f1f7) breaks
gnome-terminal xterm!
So I have no idea why and haven't tried to figure it out (I'll try to
poke it more tonight), but this is the commit that git bisect blames!
> new_pts_mount() (including the get_sb_nodev()), shares a lot of code
> with init_pts_mount(). The only difference between them is the 'test-super'
> function passed into sget().
>
> Move all common code into devpts_get_sb() and remove the new_pts_mount() and
> init_pts_mount() functions,
>
> Changelog[v3]:
> [Serge Hallyn]: Remove unnecessary printk()s
> Changelog[v2]:
> (Christoph Hellwig): Merge code in 'do_pts_mount()' into devpts_get_sb()
>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> ---
> fs/devpts/inode.c | 115 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
> index c821c9a..c25fb34 100644
> --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
> @@ -325,87 +325,38 @@ static int compare_init_pts_sb(struct super_block *s, void *p)
> }
>
> /*
> - * Mount a new (private) instance of devpts. PTYs created in this
> - * instance are independent of the PTYs in other devpts instances.
> - */
> -static int new_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
> - void *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> -{
> - int err;
> - struct pts_fs_info *fsi;
> -
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "devpts: newinstance mount\n");
> -
> - err = get_sb_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super, mnt);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> -
> - fsi = DEVPTS_SB(mnt->mnt_sb);
> - memcpy(&fsi->mount_opts, opts, sizeof(opts));
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * init_pts_mount()
> + * devpts_get_sb()
> + *
> + * If the '-o newinstance' mount option was specified, mount a new
> + * (private) instance of devpts. PTYs created in this instance are
> + * independent of the PTYs in other devpts instances.
> *
> - * Mount or remount the initial kernel mount of devpts. This type of
> - * mount maintains the legacy, single-instance semantics, while the
> - * kernel still allows multiple-instances.
> + * If the '-o newinstance' option was not specified, mount/remount the
> + * initial kernel mount of devpts. This type of mount gives the
> + * legacy, single-instance semantics.
> *
> - * This interface is needed to support multiple namespace semantics in
> - * devpts while preserving backward compatibility of the current 'single-
> - * namespace' semantics. i.e all mounts of devpts without the 'newinstance'
> - * mount option should bind to the initial kernel mount, like
> - * get_sb_single().
> + * The 'newinstance' option is needed to support multiple namespace
> + * semantics in devpts while preserving backward compatibility of the
> + * current 'single-namespace' semantics. i.e all mounts of devpts
> + * without the 'newinstance' mount option should bind to the initial
> + * kernel mount, like get_sb_single().
> *
> - * Mounts with 'newinstance' option create a new private namespace.
> + * Mounts with 'newinstance' option create a new, private namespace.
> *
> - * But for single-mount semantics, devpts cannot use get_sb_single(),
> + * NOTE:
> + *
> + * For single-mount semantics, devpts cannot use get_sb_single(),
> * because get_sb_single()/sget() find and use the super-block from
> * the most recent mount of devpts. But that recent mount may be a
> * 'newinstance' mount and get_sb_single() would pick the newinstance
> * super-block instead of the initial super-block.
> - *
> - * This interface is identical to get_sb_single() except that it
> - * consistently selects the 'single-namespace' superblock even in the
> - * presence of the private namespace (i.e 'newinstance') super-blocks.
> */
> -static int init_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
> - void *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> -{
> - struct super_block *s;
> - struct pts_fs_info *fsi;
> - int error;
> -
> - s = sget(fs_type, compare_init_pts_sb, set_anon_super, NULL);
> - if (IS_ERR(s))
> - return PTR_ERR(s);
> -
> - if (!s->s_root) {
> - s->s_flags = flags;
> - error = devpts_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
> - if (error) {
> - up_write(&s->s_umount);
> - deactivate_super(s);
> - return error;
> - }
> - s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
> - }
> -
> - simple_set_mnt(mnt, s);
> -
> - fsi = DEVPTS_SB(mnt->mnt_sb);
> - memcpy(&fsi->mount_opts, opts, sizeof(opts));
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
> int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
> {
> int error;
> struct pts_mount_opts opts;
> + struct super_block *s;
>
> memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
> if (data) {
> @@ -415,23 +366,37 @@ static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
> }
>
> if (opts.newinstance)
> - error = new_pts_mount(fs_type, flags, data, &opts, mnt);
> + s = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, NULL);
> else
> - error = init_pts_mount(fs_type, flags, data, &opts, mnt);
> + s = sget(fs_type, compare_init_pts_sb, set_anon_super, NULL);
>
> - if (error)
> - return error;
> + if (IS_ERR(s))
> + return PTR_ERR(s);
>
> - error = mknod_ptmx(mnt->mnt_sb);
> + if (!s->s_root) {
> + s->s_flags = flags;
> + error = devpts_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
> + if (error)
> + goto out_undo_sget;
> + s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
> + }
> +
> + simple_set_mnt(mnt, s);
> +
> + memcpy(&(DEVPTS_SB(s))->mount_opts, &opts, sizeof(opts));
> +
> + error = mknod_ptmx(s);
> if (error)
> goto out_dput;
>
> return 0;
>
> out_dput:
> - dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
> - up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
> - deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
> + dput(s->s_root);
> +
> +out_undo_sget:
> + up_write(&s->s_umount);
> + deactivate_super(s);
> return error;
> }
>
> --
> 1.5.2.5
>
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