linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 19:23:56 +0800
From:   Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
CC:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miao Xie <miaoxie@...wei.com>, Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree



On 2018/7/30 19:18, David Howells wrote:
> Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com> wrote:
> 
>> struct erofs_mount_private priv = {
>> 	.dev_name = dev_name,
>> 	.options = data
>> };
>> return mount_bdev(fs_type, flags, dev_name, &priv, erofs_fill_super);
>>
>>
>> However, I have no idea if it is safe to do so in the future, so I also
>> change it into a more stardard way.
> 
> Hopefully, in the near future, you won't do it like this at all, but rather
> create an fs_context and then your filesystem would be able to munge that
> directly before calling mount_bdev().
> 

OK, got you. Look forword to the new fs_context feature and thanks for your help :)

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

> David
>