[PATCH RFC v2 11/42] failfs: use fc_init_pseudo()

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Sat Nov 14 2026 - 08:12:48 EST


Initialize failfs as a pseudo filesystem instead of raising
SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV by hand. This adds SB_I_PSEUDO.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/failfs.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/failfs.c b/fs/failfs.c
index 437cdc981c2de..f03334f361c0e 100644
--- a/fs/failfs.c
+++ b/fs/failfs.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/fs/super_types.h>
#include <linux/fs_context.h>
+#include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static int failfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
fc->ops = &failfs_context_ops;
fc->global = true;
fc->sb_flags |= SB_NOUSER;
- fc->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC | SB_I_NODEV;
+ fc_init_pseudo(fc);
return 0;
}


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