linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 2/3] fs: befs: Check silent flag before logging errors

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Message-Id: <d400aaf5a7430de79bd956e40ec075fb1cb08474.1464220036.git.salah.triki@acm.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 May 2016 00:49:42 +0100
From:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, joe@...ches.com
Cc:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 2/3] fs: befs: Check silent flag before logging errors

Log errors only when silent flag is not set.

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
---
 fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index 75ec9a7..edee857 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	befs_sb = BEFS_SB(sb);
 
 	if (!parse_options((char *) data, &befs_sb->mount_opts)) {
-		befs_error(sb, "cannot parse mount options");
+		if (!silent)
+			befs_error(sb, "cannot parse mount options");
 		goto unacquire_priv_sbp;
 	}
 
@@ -796,7 +797,8 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	sb_min_blocksize(sb, 1024);
 
 	if (!(bh = sb_bread(sb, sb_block))) {
-		befs_error(sb, "unable to read superblock");
+		if (!silent)
+			befs_error(sb, "unable to read superblock");
 		goto unacquire_priv_sbp;
 	}
 
@@ -820,9 +822,9 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	brelse(bh);
 
 	if( befs_sb->num_blocks > ~((sector_t)0) ) {
-		befs_error(sb, "blocks count: %llu "
-			"is larger than the host can use",
-			befs_sb->num_blocks);
+		if (!silent)
+			befs_error(sb, "blocks count: %llu is larger than the host can use",
+					befs_sb->num_blocks);
 		goto unacquire_priv_sbp;
 	}
 
@@ -841,7 +843,8 @@ befs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
-		befs_error(sb, "get root inode failed");
+		if (!silent)
+			befs_error(sb, "get root inode failed");
 		goto unacquire_priv_sbp;
 	}
 
-- 
1.9.1