From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>,
Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@seu.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for file-backed namespaces
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 12:32:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902103202.GB8095@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819155228.84938-3-runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn>
> + ret = kern_path(ns->device_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("failed to open file %s: (%d)\n",
> + ns->device_path, ret);
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + if (configfs_path_is_configfs(&path)) {
> + pr_err("configfs paths cannot back namespace %s\n",
> + ns->device_path);
> + path_put(&path);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + ns->file = dentry_open(&path, flags, current_cred());
This section of code really should have a helper in configfs. And should
also be used in other callers like the SCSI target patches you also sent
out.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 10:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-17 14:37 [PATCH 0/2] nvmet: avoid configfs recursion when enabling backends Runyu Xiao
2026-08-17 14:37 ` [PATCH 1/2] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for file-backed namespaces Runyu Xiao
2026-08-19 5:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-08-17 14:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for passthru Runyu Xiao
2026-08-19 15:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open Runyu Xiao
2026-08-19 15:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] fs: configfs: add helper to identify configfs paths Runyu Xiao
2026-08-23 0:24 ` Sagi Grimberg
2026-09-02 10:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-08-19 15:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for file-backed namespaces Runyu Xiao
2026-08-23 0:24 ` Sagi Grimberg
2026-09-02 10:32 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-09-10 4:53 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open Runyu Xiao
2026-09-10 4:53 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] fs: configfs: add helper to identify configfs paths Runyu Xiao
2026-09-10 4:53 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for file-backed namespaces Runyu Xiao
2026-09-10 5:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-10 4:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] nvmet: avoid recursive configfs open for passthru Runyu Xiao
2026-08-19 15:52 ` [PATCH v2 " Runyu Xiao
2026-08-23 0:24 ` Sagi Grimberg
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