Re: [PATCH 03/24] VFS: Introduce the structs and doc for a filesystem context [ver #7]

[David Howells]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + (2) Parse the options and attach them to the context.  Options may be passed
> > +     individually from userspace.
> 
> Does this say that step (2) can be multiple small steps?

Perhaps "phase (2)" would be a better name than "step (2)".  During (2),
multiple argument-supplying calls may be made.

> How does step (2) know when userspace has completed sending individual
> options?

Moving to phase (3) terminates phase (2).  This is triggered by userspace
writing "x create" or "x reconfigure" to the fd as things stand.

> > + (6) Return an error message attached to the context.
> 
> where/how is this done?

That got taken out and made general - which Linus then objected to.  I need to
reinsert this and make it fscontext-specific as most people would really like
to have it, the mount process being able to produce so many weird and
wonderful errors.

> > +When the VFS creates this, it allocates ->fs_context_size bytes (as specified
> > +by the file_system_type object) to hold both the fs_context struct and any
> > +extra data required by the filesystem.  The fs_context struct is placed at the
> > +beginning of this space.  Any extra space beyond that is for use by the
> > +filesystem.  The filesystem should wrap the struct in its own, e.g.:
> 
>                                                       in its own struct, e.g.:

How about "... The filesystem should wrap the struct in one of its own, e.g."?

> > + (*) int security_fs_context_parse_option(struct fs_context *fc, char *opt);	
> > +
> > +     Called for each mount option.  The arguments are as for the
> > +     ->parse_option() method.  An active LSM may reject one with an error, pass
> > +     one over and return 0 or consume one and return 1.  If consumed, the
> 
> What does "pass one over" mean?

How about:

	An active LSM may return 0 to pass the option on to the filesystem, 1
	to cause the option to be discarded or an error to cause the option to
	be rejected.

David