Re: [PATCH] tmpfs: preserve SB_I_VERSION on remount

From: Baolin Wang
Date: Tue Aug 19 2025 - 04:43:59 EST




On 2025/8/19 14:18, libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Now tmpfs enables i_version by default and tmpfs does not modify it. But
SB_I_VERSION can also be modified via sb_flags, and reconfigure_super()
always overwrites the existing flags with the latest ones. This means that
if tmpfs is remounted without specifying iversion, the default i_version
will be unexpectedly disabled.

To ensure iversion remains enabled, SB_I_VERSION is now always set for
fc->sb_flags in shmem_init_fs_context(), instead of for sb->s_flags in
shmem_fill_super().

Fixes: 36f05cab0a2c ("tmpfs: add support for an i_version counter")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Looks reasonable to me.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

mm/shmem.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e2c76a30802b..eebe12ff5bc6 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -5081,7 +5081,7 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sb->s_flags |= SB_NOUSER;
}
sb->s_export_op = &shmem_export_ops;
- sb->s_flags |= SB_NOSEC | SB_I_VERSION;
+ sb->s_flags |= SB_NOSEC;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
if (!ctx->encoding && ctx->strict_encoding) {
@@ -5385,6 +5385,9 @@ int shmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
fc->fs_private = ctx;
fc->ops = &shmem_fs_context_ops;
+#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
+ fc->sb_flags |= SB_I_VERSION;
+#endif
return 0;
}