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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:57:50 +0200
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
mcgrof@...nel.org, hch@...radead.org, david@...morbit.com, rafael@...nel.org,
djwong@...nel.org, pavel@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
will@...nel.org, boqun.feng@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] super: remove pointless s_root checks
On Sat 29-03-25 09:42:14, Christian Brauner wrote:
> The locking guarantees that the superblock is alive and sb->s_root is
> still set. Remove the pointless check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Looks good. In fact most sb->s_root checks in fs/super.c look pointless
these days since AFAICT if you have SB_BORN && !SB_DYING superblock (as
super_lock_*() ascertains), then sb->s_root != NULL. Anyway feel free to
add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Honza
> ---
> fs/super.c | 19 ++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
> index 97a17f9d9023..dc14f4bf73a6 100644
> --- a/fs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/super.c
> @@ -930,8 +930,7 @@ void iterate_supers(void (*f)(struct super_block *, void *), void *arg)
>
> locked = super_lock_shared(sb);
> if (locked) {
> - if (sb->s_root)
> - f(sb, arg);
> + f(sb, arg);
> super_unlock_shared(sb);
> }
>
> @@ -967,11 +966,8 @@ void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *type,
> spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
>
> locked = super_lock_shared(sb);
> - if (locked) {
> - if (sb->s_root)
> - f(sb, arg);
> - super_unlock_shared(sb);
> - }
> + if (locked)
> + f(sb, arg);
>
> spin_lock(&sb_lock);
> if (p)
> @@ -991,18 +987,15 @@ struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t dev, bool excl)
>
> spin_lock(&sb_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
> - if (sb->s_dev == dev) {
> + if (sb->s_dev == dev) {
> bool locked;
>
> sb->s_count++;
> spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
> /* still alive? */
> locked = super_lock(sb, excl);
> - if (locked) {
> - if (sb->s_root)
> - return sb;
> - super_unlock(sb, excl);
> - }
> + if (locked)
> + return sb; /* caller will drop */
> /* nope, got unmounted */
> spin_lock(&sb_lock);
> __put_super(sb);
>
> --
> 2.47.2
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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