Re: [PATCH] ovl: don't set the superblock's errseq_t manually

[Amir Goldstein]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:43 AM Haifeng Xu <haifeng.xu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Since commit 5679897eb104 ("vfs: make sync_filesystem return errors from
> ->sync_fs"), the return value from sync_fs callback can be seen in
> sync_filesystem(). Thus the errseq_set opreation can be removed here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Haifeng Xu <haifeng.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>

I would add either Fixes: or Depends-on: to prevent accidental
backporting without the dependency.

Otherwise you may add:
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Amir.

> ---
>  fs/overlayfs/super.c | 10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> index 06a231970cb5..fe511192f83c 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> @@ -202,15 +202,9 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
>         int ret;
>
>         ret = ovl_sync_status(ofs);
> -       /*
> -        * We have to always set the err, because the return value isn't
> -        * checked in syncfs, and instead indirectly return an error via
> -        * the sb's writeback errseq, which VFS inspects after this call.
> -        */
> -       if (ret < 0) {
> -               errseq_set(&sb->s_wb_err, -EIO);
> +
> +       if (ret < 0)
>                 return -EIO;
> -       }
>
>         if (!ret)
>                 return ret;
> --
> 2.25.1
>