On Sat 29-03-25 09:42:14, Christian Brauner wrote: > The locking guarantees that the superblock is alive and sb->s_root is > still set. Remove the pointless check. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good. In fact most sb->s_root checks in fs/super.c look pointless these days since AFAICT if you have SB_BORN && !SB_DYING superblock (as super_lock_*() ascertains), then sb->s_root != NULL. Anyway feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza > --- > fs/super.c | 19 ++++++------------- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c > index 97a17f9d9023..dc14f4bf73a6 100644 > --- a/fs/super.c > +++ b/fs/super.c > @@ -930,8 +930,7 @@ void iterate_supers(void (*f)(struct super_block *, void *), void *arg) > > locked = super_lock_shared(sb); > if (locked) { > - if (sb->s_root) > - f(sb, arg); > + f(sb, arg); > super_unlock_shared(sb); > } > > @@ -967,11 +966,8 @@ void iterate_supers_type(struct file_system_type *type, > spin_unlock(&sb_lock); > > locked = super_lock_shared(sb); > - if (locked) { > - if (sb->s_root) > - f(sb, arg); > - super_unlock_shared(sb); > - } > + if (locked) > + f(sb, arg); > > spin_lock(&sb_lock); > if (p) > @@ -991,18 +987,15 @@ struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t dev, bool excl) > > spin_lock(&sb_lock); > list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) { > - if (sb->s_dev == dev) { > + if (sb->s_dev == dev) { > bool locked; > > sb->s_count++; > spin_unlock(&sb_lock); > /* still alive? */ > locked = super_lock(sb, excl); > - if (locked) { > - if (sb->s_root) > - return sb; > - super_unlock(sb, excl); > - } > + if (locked) > + return sb; /* caller will drop */ > /* nope, got unmounted */ > spin_lock(&sb_lock); > __put_super(sb); > > -- > 2.47.2 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR