[PATCH] erofs: fix lockdep false positives on initializing erofs_pseudo_mnt
Al Viro
viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk
Thu Mar 7 18:21:12 AEDT 2024
On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 03:06:49PM +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> > > +int erofs_anon_register_fs(void)
> > > +{
> > > + return register_filesystem(&erofs_anon_fs_type);
> > > +}
> > What for? The only thing it gives you is an ability to look it up by
> > name. Which is completely pointless, IMO,
> The helper function here is to avoid extern erofs_anon_fs_type(), because
> we define it in fscache.c, but also use it in super.c. Moreover, we don't
> need
> to register it when CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ONDEMAND is not enabled, so we
You don't need to register it at all.
The one and only effect of register_filesystem() is making file_system_type
instance visible to get_fs_type() (and making it show up in /proc/filesystems).
That's it. If you want to have it looked up by name (e.g. for userland
mounts), you need to register. If not, you do not need to do that.
Note that kern_mount() take a pointer to struct file_system_type,
not its (string) name. So all you get from registration is an extra line
in /proc/filesystems. What's the point?
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