Re: [PATCH] struct super_block cleanup - msdos/vfat

[Brian Gerst]

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OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Brian Gerst <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> 
>>OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>>
>>>OGAWA Hirofumi <[e-mail]> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Brian Gerst <[e-mail]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>diff -urN linux-2.5.7-pre1/fs/msdos/namei.c linux/fs/msdos/namei.c
>>>>>--- linux-2.5.7-pre1/fs/msdos/namei.c	Thu Mar  7 21:18:32 2002
>>>>>+++ linux/fs/msdos/namei.c	Wed Mar 13 08:20:12 2002
>>>>>@@ -603,17 +603,14 @@
>>>>>int msdos_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,void *data, int silent)
>>>>>{
>>>>>-	struct super_block *res;
>>>>>+	int res;
>>>>>-	MSDOS_SB(sb)->options.isvfat = 0;
>>>>>-	res = fat_read_super(sb, data, silent, &msdos_dir_inode_operations);
>>>>>-	if (IS_ERR(res))
>>>>>-		return PTR_ERR(res);
>>>>>-	if (res == NULL) {
>>>>>+	res = fat_fill_super(sb, data, silent, &msdos_dir_inode_operations, 0);
>>>>>+	if (res) {
>>>>>		if (!silent)
>>>>>			printk(KERN_INFO "VFS: Can't find a valid"
>>>>>			       " MSDOS filesystem on dev %s.\n", sb->s_id);
>>>>
>>>>If the error is I/O error, I think we shouldn't output this message.
>>>
>>>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>If the error is except -EINVAL,
>>>Sorry.
>>>
>>>
>>>>What do you think about this?
>>>
>>Why not?  The statement is true, and other filesystems do complain
>>when there is an I/O error.
> 
> 
> Umm, almost all filesystems doesn't output this message when the I/O error
> occurs, AFAIK.
> 
> I think that this message indicate that a device isn't a FAT
> filesystem.  And, of course, if error is the I/O error,
> fat_full_super() can't detect whether it is FAT filesystem or not.

Patch attached.

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						Brian Gerst

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diff -urN linux/fs/msdos/namei.c linux2/fs/msdos/namei.c
--- linux/fs/msdos/namei.c	Thu Mar 14 10:53:20 2002
+++ linux2/fs/msdos/namei.c	Thu Mar 14 10:54:53 2002
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 
 	res = fat_fill_super(sb, data, silent, &msdos_dir_inode_operations, 0);
 	if (res) {
-		if (!silent)
+		if (res == -EINVAL && !silent)
 			printk(KERN_INFO "VFS: Can't find a valid"
 			       " MSDOS filesystem on dev %s.\n", sb->s_id);
 		return res;
diff -urN linux/fs/vfat/namei.c linux2/fs/vfat/namei.c
--- linux/fs/vfat/namei.c	Thu Mar 14 10:53:20 2002
+++ linux2/fs/vfat/namei.c	Thu Mar 14 10:55:20 2002
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
   
 	res = fat_fill_super(sb, data, silent, &vfat_dir_inode_operations, 1);
 	if (res) {
-		if (!silent)
+		if (res == -EINVAL && !silent)
 			printk(KERN_INFO "VFS: Can't find a valid"
 			       " VFAT filesystem on dev %s.\n", sb->s_id);
 		return res;

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