From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, raven@themaw.net,
mszeredi@redhat.com, christian@brauner.io,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/19] vfs: Introduce a non-repeating system-unique superblock ID [ver #16]
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:45:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <626759.1582202733@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200219165312.GD9504@magnolia>
Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> wrote:
> Ahah, this is what the f_sb_id field is for. I noticed a few patches
> ago that it was in a header file but was never set.
>
> I'm losing track of which IDs do what...
>
> * f_fsid is that old int[2] thing that we used for statfs. It sucks but
> we can't remove it because it's been in statfs since the beginning of
> time.
>
> * f_fs_name is a string coming from s_type, which is the name of the fs
> (e.g. "XFS")?
>
> * f_fstype comes from s_magic, which (for XFS) is 0x58465342.
>
> * f_sb_id is basically an incore u64 cookie that one can use with the
> mount events thing that comes later in this patchset?
>
> * FSINFO_ATTR_VOLUME_ID comes from s_id, which tends to be the block
> device name (at least for local filesystems)
>
> * FSINFO_ATTR_VOLUME_UUID comes from s_uuid, which some filesystems fill
> in at mount time.
>
> * FSINFO_ATTR_VOLUME_NAME is ... left to individual filesystems to
> implement, and (AFAICT) can be the label that one uses for things
> like: "mount LABEL=foo /home" ?
>
> Assuming I got all of that right, can we please capture what all of
> these "IDs" mean in the documentation?
Basically, yes. Would it help if I:
(1) Put the ID generation into its own patch, first.
(2) Put the notification counter patches right after that.
(3) Renamed the fields a bit, say:
f_fsid -> fsid
f_fs_name -> filesystem_name
f_fstype -> filesystem_magic
f_sb_id -> superblock_id
f_dev_* -> backing_dev_*
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-20 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-18 17:04 [PATCH 00/19] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications [ver #16] David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 01/19] vfs: syscall: Add fsinfo() to query filesystem information " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-19 20:07 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 10:34 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 15:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 11:03 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 14:54 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 15:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 02/19] fsinfo: Add syscalls to other arches " David Howells
2020-02-21 14:51 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-21 18:10 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 03/19] fsinfo: Provide a bitmap of supported features " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:37 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 12:22 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 04/19] vfs: Add mount change counter " David Howells
2020-02-21 14:48 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 05/19] vfs: Introduce a non-repeating system-unique superblock ID " David Howells
2020-02-19 16:53 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 12:45 ` David Howells [this message]
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 06/19] vfs: Allow fsinfo() to look up a mount object by " David Howells
2020-02-21 15:09 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 07/19] vfs: Allow mount information to be queried by fsinfo() " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:05 ` [PATCH 08/19] vfs: fsinfo sample: Mount listing program " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 09/19] fsinfo: Allow the mount topology propogation flags to be retrieved " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 10/19] fsinfo: Add API documentation " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 11/19] afs: Support fsinfo() " David Howells
2020-02-19 21:01 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-20 12:58 ` David Howells
2020-02-20 14:58 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 13:26 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 12/19] security: Add hooks to rule on setting a superblock or mount watch " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 13/19] vfs: Add a mount-notification facility " David Howells
2020-02-19 22:40 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-19 22:55 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 12:24 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 15:49 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 17:06 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 17:36 ` seq_lock and lockdep_is_held() assertions Jann Horn
2020-02-21 18:02 ` John Stultz
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 14/19] notifications: sample: Display mount tree change notifications [ver #16] David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 15/19] vfs: Add superblock " David Howells
2020-02-19 23:08 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 14:23 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 15:44 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 16:33 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 16:41 ` Jann Horn
2020-02-21 17:11 ` David Howells
2020-02-18 17:06 ` [PATCH 16/19] fsinfo: Provide superblock notification counter " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 17/19] notifications: sample: Display superblock notifications " David Howells
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 18/19] ext4: Add example fsinfo information " David Howells
2020-02-19 17:04 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 0:53 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-20 0:53 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-21 14:43 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 16:26 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-18 17:07 ` [PATCH 19/19] nfs: Add example filesystem " David Howells
2020-02-20 2:13 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-20 2:13 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-20 2:20 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-20 2:20 ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-18 18:12 ` David Howells
2020-02-19 10:23 ` [PATCH 00/19] VFS: Filesystem information and notifications " Stefan Metzmacher
2020-02-19 14:46 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-19 15:50 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-20 4:42 ` Ian Kent
2020-02-20 9:09 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-20 11:30 ` Ian Kent
2020-02-19 16:16 ` David Howells
2020-02-21 12:57 ` David Howells
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