linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/16] devpts: Simplify devpts_mount by using mount

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Message-Id: <1460734532-20134-13-git-send-email-ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:35:29 -0500
From:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, security@...ian.org,
	security@...nel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	security@...ntu.com, Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/16] devpts: Simplify devpts_mount by using mount_nodev

Now that all of the work of setting up a superblock has been moved to
devpts_fill_super simplify devpts_mount by calling mount_nodev instead
of rolling mount_nodev by hand.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 fs/devpts/inode.c | 23 ++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 3aa223803a08..c1c346190f35 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ static int compare_init_pts_sb(struct super_block *s, void *p)
 static struct dentry *devpts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
-	int error;
 	struct super_block *s;
 	bool newinstance;
 
@@ -480,30 +479,16 @@ static struct dentry *devpts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	if (newinstance)
-		s = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, flags, NULL);
-	else
-		s = sget(fs_type, compare_init_pts_sb, set_anon_super, flags,
-			 NULL);
+		return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super);
 
+	s = sget(fs_type, compare_init_pts_sb, set_anon_super, flags, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return ERR_CAST(s);
 
-	if (!s->s_root) {
-		error = devpts_fill_super(s, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
-		if (error)
-			goto out_undo_sget;
-
-		s->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
-	} else {
-		/* Match mount_single ignore errors on remount */
-		devpts_remount(s, &flags, data);
-	}
+	/* Match mount_single ignore errors on remount */
+	devpts_remount(s, &flags, data);
 
 	return dget(s->s_root);
-
-out_undo_sget:
-	deactivate_locked_super(s);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
 #else
-- 
2.8.1