[Devel] [RFC][PATCH 3/4]: Enable multiple mounts of /dev/pts

[Cedric Le Goater]

Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Pavel Emelyanov (xemul at openvz.org):
>> sukadev at us.ibm.com wrote:
>>> From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at us.ibm.com>
>>> Subject: [RFC][PATCH 3/4]: Enable multiple mounts of /dev/pts
>>>
>>> To support multiple PTY namespaces, we should be allow multiple mounts of
>>> /dev/pts, once within each PTY namespace.
>>>
>>> This patch removes the get_sb_single() in devpts_get_sb() and uses test and
>>> set sb interfaces to allow remounting /dev/pts.  The patch also removes the
>>> globals, 'devpts_root' and uses current_pts_mnt() to access 'devpts_mnt'
>>>
>>> Changelog:
>>> 	- Version 0: Based on earlier versions from Serge Hallyn and
>>> 	  Matt Helsley.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at us.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>>  fs/devpts/inode.c |  120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>>  1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Index: linux-2.6.24/fs/devpts/inode.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-2.6.24.orig/fs/devpts/inode.c	2008-02-05 17:30:52.000000000 -0800
>>> +++ linux-2.6.24/fs/devpts/inode.c	2008-02-05 19:16:39.000000000 -0800
>>> @@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ static inline struct idr *current_pts_ns
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  static struct vfsmount *devpts_mnt;
>>> -static struct dentry *devpts_root;
>>> +static inline struct vfsmount *current_pts_ns_mnt(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	return devpts_mnt;
>>> +}
>>>  
>>>  static struct {
>>>  	int setuid;
>>> @@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ devpts_fill_super(struct super_block *s,
>>>  	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
>>>  	inode->i_nlink = 2;
>>>  
>>> -	devpts_root = s->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
>>> +	s->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
>>>  	if (s->s_root)
>>>  		return 0;
>>>  	
>>> @@ -140,10 +143,53 @@ fail:
>>>  	return -ENOMEM;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +/*
>>> + * We use test and set super-block operations to help determine whether we
>>> + * need a new super-block for this namespace. get_sb() walks the list of
>>> + * existing devpts supers, comparing them with the @data ptr. Since we
>>> + * passed 'current's namespace as the @data pointer we can compare the
>>> + * namespace pointer in the super-block's 's_fs_info'.  If the test is
>>> + * TRUE then get_sb() returns a new active reference to the super block.
>>> + * Otherwise, it helps us build an active reference to a new one.
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +static int devpts_test_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
>>> +{
>>> +	return sb->s_fs_info == data;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static int devpts_set_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
>>> +{
>>> +	sb->s_fs_info = data;
>>> +	return set_anon_super(sb, NULL);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
>>>  	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
>>>  {
>>> -	return get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super, mnt);
>>> +	struct super_block *sb;
>>> +	int err;
>>> +
>>> +	/* hereafter we're very simlar to get_sb_nodev */
>>> +	sb = sget(fs_type, devpts_test_sb, devpts_set_sb, data);
>>> +	if (IS_ERR(sb))
>>> +		return PTR_ERR(sb);
>>> +
>>> +	if (sb->s_root)
>>> +		return simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
>>> +
>>> +	sb->s_flags = flags;
>>> +	err = devpts_fill_super(sb, data, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0);
>>> +	if (err) {
>>> +		up_write(&sb->s_umount);
>>> +		deactivate_super(sb);
>>> +		return err;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>> That stuff becomes very very similar to that in proc :)
>> Makes sense to consolidate. Maybe...
> 
> Yeah, and the mqns that Cedric sent too.  I think Cedric said he'd
> started an a patch implementing a helper.  Cedric?

yes. 

it's basically a get_sb_single_per_ns() routine using ->s_fs_info
to distinguish the ns but there seems to be more to do to support 
correctly namespaces using internal filesystems (circular ref)


C.