linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] cgroup changes for v3.15-rc1

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Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2014 11:11:20 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] cgroup changes for v3.15-rc1

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> C3. fed95bab8d29 ("sysfs: fix namespace refcnt leak") added an
>     argument to kernfs_mount() and was routed through driver-core-next
>     after cgroup pulled the tree.  cgroup's usage needs to be updated
>     accordingly.

This one I find very annoying. There's exactly *one* user of that
interface (back in fed95bab8d29 there were none), and it doesn't want
that dummy argument.

WTF? Why did the driver-core-next development add that argument at
all, rather than just pass in NULL directly? Do we expect to grow more
users of kernfs_mount?

And the "bool *new_sb_created" argument really makes *zero* sense to
kernfs_mount(). It was added to fix a namespace refcount leak, BUT
kernfs_mount() DOES NOT TAKE A NAMESPACE PARAMETER!

So quite frankly, that kernfs_mount() calling convention change looks
completely f*cked up.

I think I'm going to resolve that conflict differently from your
suggested one - I'm going to just remove the broken stupid
"new_sb_created" argument from the kernfs_mount() helper function.

(It obviously stays around for kernfs_mount_ns() that *does* take a
namespace pointer).

People, holler if you disagree, I'll hold off pushing out my
resolution for a while anyway (do all the normal build tests and
reboot into it).

                      Linus
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