Quoting Sergey Senozhatsky (2019-08-02 14:49:55)
> On (08/02/19 14:41), Chris Wilson wrote:
> [..]
> > struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type)
> > {
> > struct vfsmount *mnt;
> > mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, NULL);
> > if (!IS_ERR(mnt)) {
> > /*
> > * it is a longterm mount, don't release mnt until
> > * we unmount before file sys is unregistered
> > */
> > real_mount(mnt)->mnt_ns = MNT_NS_INTERNAL;
> > }
> > return mnt;
> > }
> >
> > With the exception of fiddling with MNT_NS_INTERNAL, it seems
> > amenable for our needs.
>
> Sorry, not sure I understand. i915 use kern_mount() at the moment.
>
> Since we still need to put_filesystem(), I'd probably add one more
> patch
> - export put_filesystem()
>
> so then we can put_filesystem() in i915. Wonder what would happen
> if someone would do
> modprobe i915
> rmmod i916
> In a loop.
>
> So something like this (this is against current patch set).
Yes, that's what I in mind. I was thinking of whether we can replace our
kern_mount + fc->ops->reconfigure() into a single vfs_kern_mount(), and
whether or not that works with get_fs_type("tmpfs").
-Chris