[PATCH RFC v2 03/12] fs/configfs: separate out configfs_{link,unlink}_root()

From: hare

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 04:37:30 EST


From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Separate out functions to link and unlink subsystem groups.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/configfs/dir.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 2cd64c13538699683487b0669e8950f5c7bedd54..c9e1ae47fb0d7796121fa6b45aeb10a832a69cff 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1861,31 +1861,19 @@ void configfs_unregister_default_group(struct config_group *group)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_unregister_default_group);

-int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+static int configfs_link_root(struct configfs_super_info *info,
+ struct configfs_subsystem *subsys,
+ struct dentry *root)
{
- struct configfs_super_info *info = configfs_get_super_info(0);
struct config_group *group = &subsys->su_group;
struct dentry *dentry;
- struct dentry *root;
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
struct configfs_fragment *frag;
int err;

- if (IS_ERR(info))
- return PTR_ERR(info);
-
frag = new_fragment();
- if (!frag) {
- configfs_put_super_info(info);
+ if (!frag)
return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
- root = configfs_pin_fs();
- if (IS_ERR(root)) {
- put_fragment(frag);
- configfs_put_super_info(info);
- return PTR_ERR(root);
- }

if (!group->cg_item.ci_name)
group->cg_item.ci_name = group->cg_item.ci_namebuf;
@@ -1923,32 +1911,47 @@ int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
mutex_lock(&info->subsys_mutex);
unlink_group(group);
mutex_unlock(&info->subsys_mutex);
- configfs_release_fs();
}
put_fragment(frag);
- configfs_put_super_info(info);
return err;
}

-void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
{
struct configfs_super_info *info = configfs_get_super_info(0);
+ struct dentry *root;
+ int err;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(info)))
+ return PTR_ERR(info);
+
+ root = configfs_pin_fs();
+ if (IS_ERR(root)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(root);
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
+ err = configfs_link_root(info, subsys, root);
+ if (err)
+ configfs_release_fs();
+
+out_put:
+ configfs_put_super_info(info);
+ return err;
+}
+
+static bool configfs_unlink_root(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+{
struct config_group *group = &subsys->su_group;
struct dentry *dentry = dget(group->cg_item.ci_dentry);
struct dentry *root = dentry->d_sb->s_root;
struct configfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
struct configfs_fragment *frag = sd->s_frag;

- if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(info))) {
- dput(dentry);
- return;
- }
-
if (dentry->d_parent != root) {
pr_err("Tried to unregister non-subsystem!\n");
dput(dentry);
- configfs_put_super_info(info);
- return;
+ return false;
}

down_write(&frag->frag_sem);
@@ -1976,6 +1979,19 @@ void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
inode_unlock(d_inode(root));

dput(dentry);
+ return true;
+}
+
+void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
+{
+ struct configfs_super_info *info = configfs_get_super_info(0);
+ struct config_group *group = &subsys->su_group;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(info)))
+ return;
+
+ if (!configfs_unlink_root(subsys))
+ return;

mutex_lock(&info->subsys_mutex);
unlink_group(group);

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