[PATCH] devtmpfs: restore mount option reconfiguration on get_tree
From: Simon Liebold
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 04:35:01 EST
Commit cb0e0a8bf4e1 ("devtmpfs: replace ->mount with ->get_tree in
public instance") converted devtmpfs to the new mount API but dropped
the reconfigure_single() call that reapplied mount options.
This causes userspace-requested mount options to be silently ignored.
To reproduce, boot a system where systemd mounts /dev with a size
option (e.g. size=4m), then check the actual size:
findmnt -n -o SIZE --bytes /dev
On an affected kernel this returns ~50% of RAM instead of the
requested size.
Fix by calling fc->ops->reconfigure() after obtaining the superblock
reference in devtmpfs_get_tree().
Fixes: cb0e0a8bf4e1 ("devtmpfs: replace ->mount with ->get_tree in public instance")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Simon Liebold <simonlie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/devtmpfs.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index b1c4ceb65026e..44683dde04377 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -72,14 +72,25 @@ static struct file_system_type internal_fs_type = {
.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
};
-/* Simply take a ref on the existing mount */
+/* Take a ref on the existing mount and reconfigure to apply mount options. */
static int devtmpfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
{
struct super_block *sb = mnt->mnt_sb;
+ int err;
atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
down_write(&sb->s_umount);
fc->root = dget(sb->s_root);
+
+ if (fc->ops->reconfigure) {
+ err = fc->ops->reconfigure(fc);
+ if (err) {
+ dput(fc->root);
+ fc->root = NULL;
+ deactivate_locked_super(sb);
+ return err;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}
base-commit: f5098b6bae761e346ebcd9da7f95622c04733cff
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2.50.1