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Message-ID: <5c533ef663b9447206754c46afcab65d107dd207.camel@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:06:38 -0400
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     ebiederm@...ssion.com, willy@...radead.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...nel.org, bfields@...ldses.org,
        w@....eu, rostedt@...dmis.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs: warn about impending deprecation of
 mandatory locks

On Fri, 2021-08-20 at 17:52 +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 20.08.21 15:57, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > We've had CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING since 2015 and a lot of distros
> > have disabled it. Warn the stragglers that still use "-o mand" that
> > we'll be dropping support for that mount option.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >   fs/namespace.c | 8 ++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> > index ab4174a3c802..ffab0bb1e649 100644
> > --- a/fs/namespace.c
> > +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> > @@ -1716,8 +1716,16 @@ static inline bool may_mount(void)
> >   }
> >   
> >   #ifdef	CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING
> > +static bool warned_mand;
> >   static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
> >   {
> > +	if (!warned_mand) {
> > +		warned_mand = true;
> > +		pr_warn("======================================================\n");
> > +		pr_warn("WARNING: the mand mount option is being deprecated and\n");
> > +		pr_warn("         will be removed in v5.15!\n");
> > +		pr_warn("======================================================\n");
> > +	}
> 
> Is there a reason not to use pr_warn_once() ?
> 
> 

No reason at all. I'll send out a v3 set in a bit with that change.

Thanks!
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

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