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

[Haifeng Xu]

On 2024/7/29 14:43, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> 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.

OK, I'll add this in next version. Thanks!

> 
> 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
>>