linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] erofs: convert to use kobject_is

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu,  6 Apr 2023 21:50:14 +0800
From:   Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
To:     frank.li@...o.com
Cc:     chao@...nel.org, damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, huyue2@...lpad.com,
        jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com, jth@...nel.org,
        linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, naohiro.aota@....com,
        rafael@...nel.org, xiang@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] erofs: convert to use kobject_is_added()

> > Meta-comment, we need to come up with a "filesystem kobject type" to get
> > rid of lots of the boilerplate filesystem kobject logic as it's
> > duplicated in every filesystem in tiny different ways and lots of times
> > (like here), it's wrong.
> 
> Can we add the following structure?
> 
> struct filesystem_kobject {
>         struct kobject kobject;
>         struct completion unregister;
> };
> 
> w/ it, we can simplify something:
> 
> 1. merge init_completion and kobject_init_and_add
>
> 2. merge kobject_put and wait_for_completion
>
> 3. we can have a common release func for kobj_type release

It seems that the above ideas are not crazy enough, maybe we should do more.
Any ideas and suggestions are very welcome.

MBR,
Yangtao