linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3 v4] devpts: hoist out check for DEVPTS_SUPER

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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:01:29 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v4] devpts: hoist out check for DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC

Hoist the check whether we have already found a suitable devpts filesystem
out of devpts_ptmx_path() in preparation for the devpts bind-mount
resolution patch. This is a non-functional change.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
 ---
ChangeLog v3->v4:
* patch unchanged
ChangeLog v2->v3:
* patch unchanged
ChangeLog v1->v2:
* patch added
ChangeLog v0->v1:
* patch not present
---
 fs/devpts/inode.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index e31d6ed3ec32..d3ddbb888874 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ static int devpts_ptmx_path(struct path *path)
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	int err;
 
-	/* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
-	if (path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic == DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Is a devpts filesystem at "pts" in the same directory? */
 	err = path_pts(path);
 	if (err)
@@ -159,17 +155,22 @@ static int devpts_ptmx_path(struct path *path)
 struct vfsmount *devpts_mntget(struct file *filp, struct pts_fs_info *fsi)
 {
 	struct path path;
-	int err;
 
 	path = filp->f_path;
 	path_get(&path);
 
-	err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
-	dput(path.dentry);
-	if (err) {
-		mntput(path.mnt);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	/* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
+	if (path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
+		dput(path.dentry);
+		if (err) {
+			mntput(path.mnt);
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
 	}
+
 	if (DEVPTS_SB(path.mnt->mnt_sb) != fsi) {
 		mntput(path.mnt);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
@@ -182,15 +183,19 @@ struct pts_fs_info *devpts_acquire(struct file *filp)
 	struct pts_fs_info *result;
 	struct path path;
 	struct super_block *sb;
-	int err;
 
 	path = filp->f_path;
 	path_get(&path);
 
-	err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
-	if (err) {
-		result = ERR_PTR(err);
-		goto out;
+	/* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
+	if (path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC) {
+		int err;
+
+		err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
+		if (err) {
+			result = ERR_PTR(err);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
2.15.1