Re: [PATCH 1/4 v5] devpts: hoist out check for DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC

From: Eric W. Biederman
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 12:35:53 EST


Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hoist the check whether we have already found a suitable devpts filesystem
> out of devpts_ptmx_path() in preparation for the devpts bind-mount
> resolution patch. This is a non-functional change.

Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ChangeLog v4->v5:
> * dput() dentry
> ChangeLog v3->v4:
> * patch unchanged
> ChangeLog v2->v3:
> * patch unchanged
> ChangeLog v1->v2:
> * patch added
> ChangeLog v0->v1:
> * patch not present
> ---
> fs/devpts/inode.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
> index e31d6ed3ec32..71b901936113 100644
> --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
> @@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ static int devpts_ptmx_path(struct path *path)
> struct super_block *sb;
> int err;
>
> - /* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
> - if (path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic == DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
> - return 0;
> -
> /* Is a devpts filesystem at "pts" in the same directory? */
> err = path_pts(path);
> if (err)
> @@ -159,21 +155,25 @@ static int devpts_ptmx_path(struct path *path)
> struct vfsmount *devpts_mntget(struct file *filp, struct pts_fs_info *fsi)
> {
> struct path path;
> - int err;
> + int err = 0;
>
> path = filp->f_path;
> path_get(&path);
>
> - err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
> + /* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
> + if (path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
> + err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
> dput(path.dentry);
> if (err) {
> mntput(path.mnt);
> return ERR_PTR(err);
> }
> +
> if (DEVPTS_SB(path.mnt->mnt_sb) != fsi) {
> mntput(path.mnt);
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> }
> +
> return path.mnt;
> }
>
> @@ -182,15 +182,19 @@ struct pts_fs_info *devpts_acquire(struct file *filp)
> struct pts_fs_info *result;
> struct path path;
> struct super_block *sb;
> - int err;
>
> path = filp->f_path;
> path_get(&path);
>
> - err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
> - if (err) {
> - result = ERR_PTR(err);
> - goto out;
> + /* Has the devpts filesystem already been found? */
> + if (path.mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC) {
> + int err;
> +
> + err = devpts_ptmx_path(&path);
> + if (err) {
> + result = ERR_PTR(err);
> + goto out;
> + }
> }
>
> /*