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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@kernel.org>,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] libxfs: don't set mp->m_rtdev_targp when no RT devices is provided
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:11:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911151120.GA26893@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911145726.GE6265@frogsfrogsfrogs>

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 07:57:26AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > -	if (!xi->rt.dev || xi->rt.dev == xi->data.dev)
> > +	if (xi->rt.dev == xi->data.dev)
> >  		mp->m_rtdev_targp = mp->m_ddev_targp;
> >  	else
> >  		mp->m_rtdev_targp = libxfs_buftarg_alloc(mp, xi, &xi->rt,
> 
> Does this mean that m_rtdev_targp is never NULL, even when we don't
> specify or have a rt device attached?

I think that is the case right now.

> I would have expected this to be:
> 
> 	if (!xi->rt.dev)
> 		mp->m_rtdev_targp = NULL;
> 	else if (xi->rt.dev == xi->data.dev)
> 		mp->m_rtdev_targp = mp->m_ddev_targp;
> 	else
> 		mp->m_rtdev_targp = libxfs_buftarg_alloc(...);

And that is what we get with this patch.  The zeroing is done by
zeroing the entire mount structure in the callers of libxfs_mount
(don't ask me why..).


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-11 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-11 14:45 fix missing RT detection in libxfs Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] libxfs: don't set mp->m_rtdev_targp when no RT devices is provided Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-11 14:57   ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-09-11 15:11     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-09-11 15:30       ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-09-11 15:38         ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] libxfs: better describe why m_ddev_targp can be set in libxfs_buftarg_init Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-11 14:53   ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-09-11 14:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] libxfs: remove buftarg member aliases Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-11 14:53   ` Darrick J. Wong

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