Re: [RFC PATCH 4/8] vfs: Convert pstore to fs_context

[David Howells]

Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why the separation between parse and apply now? Is this due to the
> reconfigure calls? (i.e. why not call pstore_set_kmsg_bytes() in
> pstore_parse_param()?

Because parameter parsing is now done up front, before the creation of the
superblock of the invocation of the reconfigure method - so there's still a
bunch of places that can error out before you know you're going to be
successful in creating/reconfiguring the superblock.

David