Re: [Virtio-fs] [PATCH 3/4] fuse: Call vfs_get_tree() for submounts

[Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>]

On Thu, 27 May 2021 15:24:40 +0200
Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 25.05.21 17:02, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > We recently fixed an infinite loop by setting the SB_BORN flag on
> > submounts along with the write barrier needed by super_cache_count().
> > This is the job of vfs_get_tree() and FUSE shouldn't have to care
> > about the barrier at all.
> > 
> > Split out some code from fuse_dentry_automount() to a new dedicated
> > fuse_get_tree_submount() handler for submounts and call vfs_get_tree().
> > 
> > The fs_private field of the filesystem context isn't used with
> > submounts : hijack it to pass the FUSE inode of the mount point
> > down to fuse_get_tree_submount().
> 
> What exactly do you mean by “isn’t used”?  virtio_fs_init_fs_context() 
> still sets it (it is non-NULL in fuse_dentry_automount() after 
> fs_context_for_submount()).  It does appear like it is never read, but 
> one thing that definitely would need to be done is for it to be freed 
> before putting mp_fi there.
> 

Oops... yes it should. Thanks for the catch !

> So I think it may technically be fine to use this field, but then 
> virtio_fs_init_fs_context() shouldn’t set it for submounts (should be 
> discernible with fsc->purpose), and perhaps that should be a separate patch.
> 

Yes, I'll do just that.

> (Apart from that, this patch looks good to me, though.)
> 
> Max
> 
> > Finally, adapt virtiofs to use this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> > ---
> >   fs/fuse/dir.c       | 58 +++++++--------------------------------------
> >   fs/fuse/fuse_i.h    |  6 +++++
> >   fs/fuse/inode.c     | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c |  3 +++
> >   4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>