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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	 Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	 "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,  linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	 "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] fs: retire sget()
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:09:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260526-work-sget-v1-4-263f7025cedd@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260526-work-sget-v1-0-263f7025cedd@kernel.org>

sget() and sget_fc() have lived side by side as near-duplicate
find-or-create-and-publish helpers for the legacy and fs_context mount
APIs. The three remaining in-tree callers (CIFS plus the ext4 extents
and mballoc KUnit tests) have all been moved to sget_fc(). Nothing
calls sget() anymore.

Delete sget() from fs/super.c and the prototype in <linux/fs.h>.
Update the two comments that referred to "sget()" or "sget{_fc}()" to
just say "sget_fc()".

This removes ~60 lines of code that only existed to be kept in
lockstep with sget_fc() on every superblock publish-path change.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/btrfs/super.c   |  2 +-
 fs/super.c         | 71 ++++--------------------------------------------------
 include/linux/fs.h |  4 ---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index b26aa9169e83..636154861d7c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ static int btrfs_get_tree_subvol(struct fs_context *fc)
 	 * then open_ctree will properly initialize the file system specific
 	 * settings later.  btrfs_init_fs_info initializes the static elements
 	 * of the fs_info (locks and such) to make cleanup easier if we find a
-	 * superblock with our given fs_devices later on at sget() time.
+	 * superblock with our given fs_devices later on at sget_fc() time.
 	 */
 	fs_info = kvzalloc_obj(struct btrfs_fs_info);
 	if (!fs_info)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 378e81efe643..5fe8cea9f8fe 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
 	init_rwsem(&s->s_umount);
 	lockdep_set_class(&s->s_umount, &type->s_umount_key);
 	/*
-	 * sget() can have s_umount recursion.
+	 * sget_fc() can have s_umount recursion.
 	 *
 	 * When it cannot find a suitable sb, it allocates a new
 	 * one (this one), and tries again to find a suitable old
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static void kill_super_notify(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	/*
 	 * Remove it from @fs_supers so it isn't found by new
-	 * sget{_fc}() walkers anymore. Any concurrent mounter still
+	 * sget_fc() walkers anymore. Any concurrent mounter still
 	 * managing to grab a temporary reference is guaranteed to
 	 * already see SB_DYING and will wait until we notify them about
 	 * SB_DEAD.
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
  * @sb: superblock to acquire
  *
  * Acquire a temporary reference on a superblock and try to trade it for
- * an active reference. This is used in sget{_fc}() to wait for a
+ * an active reference. This is used in sget_fc() to wait for a
  * superblock to either become SB_BORN or for it to pass through
  * sb->kill() and be marked as SB_DEAD.
  *
@@ -673,11 +673,11 @@ void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	/*
 	 * Broadcast to everyone that grabbed a temporary reference to this
 	 * superblock before we removed it from @fs_supers that the superblock
-	 * is dying. Every walker of @fs_supers outside of sget{_fc}() will now
+	 * is dying. Every walker of @fs_supers outside of sget_fc() will now
 	 * discard this superblock and treat it as dead.
 	 *
 	 * We leave the superblock on @fs_supers so it can be found by
-	 * sget{_fc}() until we passed sb->kill_sb().
+	 * sget_fc() until we passed sb->kill_sb().
 	 */
 	super_wake(sb, SB_DYING);
 	super_unlock_excl(sb);
@@ -808,67 +808,6 @@ struct super_block *sget_fc(struct fs_context *fc,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sget_fc);
 
-/**
- *	sget	-	find or create a superblock
- *	@type:	  filesystem type superblock should belong to
- *	@test:	  comparison callback
- *	@set:	  setup callback
- *	@flags:	  mount flags
- *	@data:	  argument to each of them
- */
-struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
-			int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *),
-			int (*set)(struct super_block *,void *),
-			int flags,
-			void *data)
-{
-	struct user_namespace *user_ns = current_user_ns();
-	struct super_block *s = NULL;
-	struct super_block *old;
-	int err;
-
-retry:
-	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-	if (test) {
-		hlist_for_each_entry(old, &type->fs_supers, s_instances) {
-			if (!test(old, data))
-				continue;
-			if (user_ns != old->s_user_ns) {
-				spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-				destroy_unused_super(s);
-				return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
-			}
-			if (!grab_super(old))
-				goto retry;
-			destroy_unused_super(s);
-			return old;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!s) {
-		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-		s = alloc_super(type, flags, user_ns);
-		if (!s)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
-	err = set(s, data);
-	if (err) {
-		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-		destroy_unused_super(s);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-	s->s_type = type;
-	strscpy(s->s_id, type->name, sizeof(s->s_id));
-	list_add_tail(&s->s_list, &super_blocks);
-	hlist_add_head(&s->s_instances, &type->fs_supers);
-	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-	get_filesystem(type);
-	shrinker_register(s->s_shrink);
-	return s;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sget);
-
 void drop_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	super_unlock_shared(sb);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 11559c513dfb..6dbe3218dc1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2327,10 +2327,6 @@ void free_anon_bdev(dev_t);
 struct super_block *sget_fc(struct fs_context *fc,
 			    int (*test)(struct super_block *, struct fs_context *),
 			    int (*set)(struct super_block *, struct fs_context *));
-struct super_block *sget(struct file_system_type *type,
-			int (*test)(struct super_block *,void *),
-			int (*set)(struct super_block *,void *),
-			int flags, void *data);
 struct super_block *sget_dev(struct fs_context *fc, dev_t dev);
 
 /* Alas, no aliases. Too much hassle with bringing module.h everywhere */

-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-26 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-26 15:09 [PATCH 0/8] super: retire sget(), convert iterators to RCU Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 1/8] ext4: convert extents KUnit test to sget_fc() Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 2/8] ext4: convert mballoc " Christian Brauner
2026-05-27  0:47   ` Theodore Tso
2026-05-28 12:02     ` Christian Brauner
2026-06-03 13:52       ` Theodore Tso
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 3/8] smb: client: convert cifs_smb3_do_mount() " Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 5/8] super: drop sb_lock from setup_bdev_super() tuple publication Christian Brauner
2026-05-27 11:53   ` Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 6/8] super: convert sb->s_count to refcount_t Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 7/8] super: switch list manipulation to _rcu primitives Christian Brauner
2026-05-26 15:09 ` [PATCH 8/8] super: convert iterators to RCU readers + refcount_inc_not_zero Christian Brauner
2026-05-27 11:54 ` [PATCH 0/8] super: retire sget(), convert iterators to RCU Christian Brauner
2026-05-28 11:18 ` Jan Kara

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