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Re: [PATCH 1/2] erofs: accept source file descriptor via fsconfig

From: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-07-08 12:45:57
Also in: linux-fsdevel

Hi Giuseppe,

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 11:34:26AM +0200, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Add fsparam_fd("source") so that userspace can pass an already-opened
file descriptor instead of a path string.  When the fd is provided via
fsconfig(FSCONFIG_SET_FD, "source", NULL, fd), it is stored directly
in sbi->dif0.file and erofs_fc_get_tree() skips the filp_open() call.

This is useful for mount namespaces where the backing file may not be
reachable by path, and for tools that already hold an fd to the image
(e.g. composefs reusing an erofs mount's backing file).

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Scrivano <redacted>
---
 fs/erofs/super.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c
index 86fa5c6a0c70..8ad1689f74b2 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/super.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static void erofs_default_options(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi)
 enum {
 	Opt_user_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_cache_strategy, Opt_dax, Opt_dax_enum,
 	Opt_device, Opt_domain_id, Opt_directio, Opt_fsoffset, Opt_inode_share,
+	Opt_source_fd,
 };
 
 static const struct constant_table erofs_param_cache_strategy[] = {
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec erofs_fs_parameters[] = {
 	fsparam_flag_no("directio",	Opt_directio),
 	fsparam_u64("fsoffset",		Opt_fsoffset),
 	fsparam_flag("inode_share",	Opt_inode_share),
+	fsparam_fd("source",		Opt_source_fd),
 	{}
 };
 
@@ -524,6 +526,15 @@ static int erofs_fc_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
 		else
 			set_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE);
 		break;
+	case Opt_source_fd:
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE)) {
+			errorfc(fc, "source fd option not supported");
Thanks for the patch!
For this commit, it looks good to me overall, just some nits:

I guess we could just move this one into erofs_fc_get_tree(), see below.
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (sbi->dif0.file)
Do we need to allow multi-shot source_fd?

I guess we could just bail out directly instead.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+			fput(sbi->dif0.file);
+		sbi->dif0.file = get_file(param->file);
+		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -752,14 +763,18 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 static int erofs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
-	int ret;
+	struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = fc->s_fs_info;
Nit:

	struct file *file = sbi->dif0.file;
 
-	ret = get_tree_bdev_flags(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super,
-		IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) ?
-			GET_TREE_BDEV_QUIET_LOOKUP : 0);
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) && ret == -ENOTBLK) {
-		struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = fc->s_fs_info;
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) || !sbi->dif0.file) {
	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) || !file) {
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 		struct file *file;
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = get_tree_bdev_flags(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super,
+			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) ?
+				GET_TREE_BDEV_QUIET_LOOKUP : 0);
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE) ||
+		    ret != -ENOTBLK)
+			return ret;
 
 		if (!fc->source)
 			return invalf(fc, "No source specified");
@@ -767,12 +782,11 @@ static int erofs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 		if (IS_ERR(file))
 			return PTR_ERR(file);
 		sbi->dif0.file = file;
-
-		if (S_ISREG(file_inode(sbi->dif0.file)->i_mode) &&
-		    sbi->dif0.file->f_mapping->a_ops->read_folio)
-			return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super);
 	}
-	return ret;
+	if (S_ISREG(file_inode(sbi->dif0.file)->i_mode) &&
+	    sbi->dif0.file->f_mapping->a_ops->read_folio)
+		return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super);
+	return -EINVAL;
Currently we don't support bdev-backed mounts for this, so I'm fine to
support file-backed mounts only for now.

So nit:

	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode) ||
	    !file->f_mapping->a_ops->read_folio) {
		errorfc(fc, "source is unsupported");
		return -EINVAL;
	}
	return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super);

Thanks,
Gao Xiang
 }
 
 static int erofs_fc_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
-- 
2.55.0
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