Re: [PATCH RFC 6/8] ext4: open via dedicated fs bdev helpers

From: Jan Kara

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 06:29:12 EST


On Tue 02-06-26 12:10:12, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Route opens through fs_bdev_file_open_by_path() so each external device
> is registered against the correct superblock, and convert the matching
> releases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/ext4/super.c | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 6a77db4d3124..8108d999008e 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -5793,7 +5793,7 @@ failed_mount8: __maybe_unused
> brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
> if (sbi->s_journal_bdev_file) {
> invalidate_bdev(file_bdev(sbi->s_journal_bdev_file));
> - bdev_fput(sbi->s_journal_bdev_file);
> + fs_bdev_file_release(sbi->s_journal_bdev_file, sb);
> }
> out_fail:
> invalidate_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
> @@ -5972,9 +5972,9 @@ static struct file *ext4_get_journal_blkdev(struct super_block *sb,
> struct ext4_super_block *es;
> int errno;
>
> - bdev_file = bdev_file_open_by_dev(j_dev,
> + bdev_file = fs_bdev_file_open_by_dev(j_dev,
> BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE | BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES,
> - sb, &fs_holder_ops);
> + sb, sb);
> if (IS_ERR(bdev_file)) {
> ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
> "failed to open journal device unknown-block(%u,%u) %ld",
> @@ -6034,7 +6034,7 @@ static struct file *ext4_get_journal_blkdev(struct super_block *sb,
> out_bh:
> brelse(bh);
> out_bdev:
> - bdev_fput(bdev_file);
> + fs_bdev_file_release(bdev_file, sb);
> return ERR_PTR(errno);
> }
>
> @@ -6073,7 +6073,7 @@ static journal_t *ext4_open_dev_journal(struct super_block *sb,
> out_journal:
> ext4_journal_destroy(EXT4_SB(sb), journal);
> out_bdev:
> - bdev_fput(bdev_file);
> + fs_bdev_file_release(bdev_file, sb);
> return ERR_PTR(errno);
> }
>
> @@ -7492,7 +7492,7 @@ static void ext4_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
> kill_block_super(sb);
>
> if (bdev_file)
> - bdev_fput(bdev_file);
> + fs_bdev_file_release(bdev_file, sb);
> }
>
> static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
>
> --
> 2.47.3
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR