beginning of transtion: ->mount()

eventual replacement for ->get_sb() - does *not* get vfsmount,
return ERR_PTR(error) or root of subtree to be mounted.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index b9c9869165db..00a2c9662b55 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ struct vfsmount *
 vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+	struct dentry *root;
 	char *secdata = NULL;
 	int error;
 
@@ -942,9 +943,19 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void
 			goto out_free_secdata;
 	}
 
-	error = type->get_sb(type, flags, name, data, mnt);
-	if (error < 0)
-		goto out_free_secdata;
+	if (type->mount) {
+		root = type->mount(type, flags, name, data);
+		if (IS_ERR(root)) {
+			error = PTR_ERR(root);
+			goto out_free_secdata;
+		}
+		mnt->mnt_root = root;
+		mnt->mnt_sb = root->d_sb;
+	} else {
+		error = type->get_sb(type, flags, name, data, mnt);
+		if (error < 0)
+			goto out_free_secdata;
+	}
 	BUG_ON(!mnt->mnt_sb);
 	WARN_ON(!mnt->mnt_sb->s_bdi);
 	mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags |= MS_BORN;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1c73b50e81ff..c6b474311690 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1772,6 +1772,8 @@ struct file_system_type {
 	int fs_flags;
 	int (*get_sb) (struct file_system_type *, int,
 		       const char *, void *, struct vfsmount *);
+	struct dentry *(*mount) (struct file_system_type *, int,
+		       const char *, void *);
 	void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *);
 	struct module *owner;
 	struct file_system_type * next;