linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: Make vfs_get

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Message-ID: <20221025143607.frmf3qg7j4kwezll@wittgenstein>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:36:07 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Dawei Li <set_pte_at@...look.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, neilb@...e.de,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Make vfs_get_super() internal

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 10:24:01PM +0800, Dawei Li wrote:
> For now there are no external callers of vfs_get_super(),
> so just make it an internal API.
> 
> base-commit: 3aca47127a646165965ff52803e2b269eed91afc
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dawei Li <set_pte_at@...look.com>
> ---
>  fs/super.c                 | 3 +--
>  include/linux/fs_context.h | 4 ----
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
> index 6a82660e1adb..cde412f900c7 100644
> --- a/fs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/super.c
> @@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static int test_single_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
>   * A permissions check is made by sget_fc() unless we're getting a superblock
>   * for a kernel-internal mount or a submount.
>   */
> -int vfs_get_super(struct fs_context *fc,
> +static int vfs_get_super(struct fs_context *fc,
>  		  enum vfs_get_super_keying keying,
>  		  int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *sb,
>  				    struct fs_context *fc))

If you want to make it static that you should probably also make enum
vfs_get_super_keying static by moving it into super.c. It's not used
anywhere but for vfs_get_super() afaict.