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 v2 4/4] fs: retire sget()
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 10:43:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529-work-sget-v2-4-57bbe08604e4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529-work-sget-v2-0-57bbe08604e4@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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 8:43 [PATCH v2 0/4] super: retire sget() Christian Brauner
2026-05-29 8:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] ext4: convert extents KUnit test to sget_fc() Christian Brauner
2026-06-02 11:17 ` Jan Kara
2026-05-29 8:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] ext4: convert mballoc " Christian Brauner
2026-06-02 11:18 ` Jan Kara
2026-05-29 8:43 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] smb: client: convert cifs_smb3_do_mount() " Christian Brauner
2026-05-29 8:43 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-06-02 11:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] fs: retire sget() Jan Kara
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