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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 14/14] Add commands to create or update a superblock
    On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 05:20:31PM +0100, David Howells wrote:

    > @@ -64,8 +70,8 @@ struct sb_config_operations {
    > int (*parse_option)(struct sb_config *sc, char *p);
    > int (*monolithic_mount_data)(struct sb_config *sc, void *data);
    > int (*validate)(struct sb_config *sc);
    > - struct dentry *(*mount)(struct sb_config *sc);
    > - int (*fill_super)(struct super_block *s, struct sb_config *sc);
    > + int (*create_super)(struct sb_config *sc);

    Hell, NO.

    The primary effect of that thing is *NOT* to create a superblock. It
    might be a side effect, and quite often it will happen, but the
    real goal here is a mountable tree. Which might or might not reside
    on a new superblock. And which might very well involve no object
    creation whatsoever.

    This name is actively misleading and the same goes for its relatives
    (vfs_create_super(), etc.). It's "give me a tree to mount", not
    "create something or other".

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