Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: free vfsmount through rcu work from kern_unmount

From: Al Viro
Date: Sat Feb 19 2022 - 00:58:18 EST


On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 05:53:37AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 01:31:13PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > struct super_block;
> > struct vfsmount;
> > @@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ struct vfsmount {
> > struct super_block *mnt_sb; /* pointer to superblock */
> > int mnt_flags;
> > struct user_namespace *mnt_userns;
> > + struct rcu_work free_rwork;
> > } __randomize_layout;
>
> Wait, what? First of all, that has no business being in vfsmount -
> everything that deeply internal belongs in struct mount, not in
> its public part. Moreover, there's already mount->mnt_rcu, so what's
> the point duplicating that?

Argh... You need rcu_work there...

OK, so make that a member of the same union mnt_rcu is. In struct mount,
please. And I'm not sure I like the idea of shoving that much into
struct mount, TBH...