2006-09-09 11:02:53

by Jeff Garzik

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Subject: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers


An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
and similar symbols.

After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
similar linux/magic.h.

We can see from the patch below that this permitted the deletion of a
couple headers, where the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbol was the only thing in the
entire header.

Other non-filesystem-related magic numbers could get moved here
eventually, if maintainers so desire, but I wanted to start off with the
obvious low-hanging fruit.

The 'magic' branch of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git

contains the following update:

fs/affs/affs.h | 1 -
fs/affs/super.c | 1 +
fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h | 1 -
fs/hpfs/super.c | 1 +
fs/openpromfs/inode.c | 1 +
include/linux/adfs_fs.h | 2 +-
include/linux/affs_fs.h | 7 -------
include/linux/coda_psdev.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h | 3 +--
include/linux/ext2_fs.h | 6 +-----
include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 6 +-----
include/linux/hpfs_fs.h | 8 --------
include/linux/iso_fs.h | 6 +++---
include/linux/jffs2.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/magic.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/minix_fs.h | 6 ++----
include/linux/msdos_fs.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/ncp_fs.h | 5 +----
include/linux/nfs_fs.h | 6 +-----
include/linux/openprom_fs.h | 10 ----------
include/linux/proc_fs.h | 3 +--
include/linux/qnx4_fs.h | 2 +-
include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h | 10 ++--------
include/linux/smb.h | 3 +--
include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h | 3 +--
25 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 0ddd4cc..1dc8438 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/affs_fs.h>
#include <linux/amigaffs.h>

/* AmigaOS allows file names with up to 30 characters length.
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 5200f49..1735201 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/statfs.h>
#include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
#include "affs.h"

extern struct timezone sys_tz;
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index f687d54..32ab51e 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/hpfs_fs.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>

diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index f798480..8fe51c3 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/parser.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/statfs.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/* Mark the filesystem dirty, so that chkdsk checks it when os/2 booted */

diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 93a56bd..a6ad105 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/openprom_fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

#include <asm/openprom.h>
#include <asm/oplib.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/adfs_fs.h b/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
index 4a5d50c..ef788c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #ifndef _ADFS_FS_H
#define _ADFS_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/*
* Disc Record at disc address 0xc00
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ #define ADFS_DISCRECORD (0xc00)
#define ADFS_DR_OFFSET (0x1c0)
#define ADFS_DR_SIZE 60
#define ADFS_DR_SIZE_BITS (ADFS_DR_SIZE << 3)
-#define ADFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadf5

#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/adfs_fs_i.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/affs_fs.h b/include/linux/affs_fs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c57b5ee..0000000
--- a/include/linux/affs_fs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _AFFS_FS_H
-#define _AFFS_FS_H
-/*
- * The affs filesystem constants/structures
- */
-#define AFFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadff
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
index 98f6c52..b541bb3 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
#ifndef __CODA_PSDEV_H
#define __CODA_PSDEV_H

+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
#define CODA_PSDEV_MAJOR 67
#define MAX_CODADEVS 5 /* how many do we allow */

-#define CODA_SUPER_MAGIC 0x73757245
-
struct kstatfs;

struct coda_sb_info
diff --git a/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
index c76088b..ff1945e 100644
--- a/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
#ifndef __EFS_FS_SB_H__
#define __EFS_FS_SB_H__

-/* statfs() magic number for EFS */
-#define EFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x414A53
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/* EFS superblock magic numbers */
#define EFS_MAGIC 0x072959
diff --git a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
index facf34e..33a1aa1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
#define _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/*
* The second extended filesystem constants/structures
@@ -63,11 +64,6 @@ #define EXT2_UNDEL_DIR_INO 6 /* Undelet
/* First non-reserved inode for old ext2 filesystems */
#define EXT2_GOOD_OLD_FIRST_INO 11

-/*
- * The second extended file system magic number
- */
-#define EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
-
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/ext2_fs_sb.h>
static inline struct ext2_sb_info *EXT2_SB(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 9f9cce7..0eed918 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT3_FS_H
#define _LINUX_EXT3_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/*
* The second extended filesystem constants/structures
@@ -67,11 +68,6 @@ #define EXT3_JOURNAL_INO 8 /* Journal i
#define EXT3_GOOD_OLD_FIRST_INO 11

/*
- * The second extended file system magic number
- */
-#define EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
-
-/*
* Maximal count of links to a file
*/
#define EXT3_LINK_MAX 32000
diff --git a/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h b/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a5028dd..0000000
--- a/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _LINUX_HPFS_FS_H
-#define _LINUX_HPFS_FS_H
-
-/* HPFS magic number (word 0 of block 16) */
-
-#define HPFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xf995e849
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/iso_fs.h b/include/linux/iso_fs.h
index 4796787..4688ac4 100644
--- a/include/linux/iso_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/iso_fs.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ #ifndef _ISOFS_FS_H
#define _ISOFS_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
/*
* The isofs filesystem constants/structures
*/
@@ -160,6 +162,4 @@ #define ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE 2048
#define ISOFS_BUFFER_SIZE(INODE) ((INODE)->i_sb->s_blocksize)
#define ISOFS_BUFFER_BITS(INODE) ((INODE)->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits)

-#define ISOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9660
-
-#endif
+#endif /* _ISOFS_FS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/jffs2.h b/include/linux/jffs2.h
index c9c7607..840631f 100644
--- a/include/linux/jffs2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jffs2.h
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
#ifndef __LINUX_JFFS2_H__
#define __LINUX_JFFS2_H__

+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
/* You must include something which defines the C99 uintXX_t types.
We don't do it from here because this file is used in too many
different environments. */

-#define JFFS2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x72b6
-
/* Values we may expect to find in the 'magic' field */
#define JFFS2_OLD_MAGIC_BITMASK 0x1984
#define JFFS2_MAGIC_BITMASK 0x1985
diff --git a/include/linux/magic.h b/include/linux/magic.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4ade90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/magic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_MAGIC_H__
+#define __LINUX_MAGIC_H__
+
+#define ADFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadf5
+#define AFFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadff
+#define CODA_SUPER_MAGIC 0x73757245
+#define EFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x414A53
+#define EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
+#define EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
+#define HPFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xf995e849
+#define ISOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9660
+#define JFFS2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x72b6
+
+#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC 0x137F /* original minix fs */
+#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x138F /* minix fs, 30 char names */
+#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x2468 /* minix V2 fs */
+#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x2478 /* minix V2 fs, 30 char names */
+
+#define MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x4d44 /* MD */
+#define NCP_SUPER_MAGIC 0x564c /* Guess, what 0x564c is :-) */
+#define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x6969
+#define OPENPROM_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa1
+#define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa0
+#define QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC 0x002f /* qnx4 fs detection */
+
+#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x52654973 /* used by gcc */
+ /* used by file system utilities that
+ look at the superblock, etc. */
+#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsErFs"
+#define REISER2FS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr2Fs"
+#define REISER2FS_JR_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr3Fs"
+
+#define SMB_SUPER_MAGIC 0x517B
+#define USBDEVICE_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa2
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_MAGIC_H__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/minix_fs.h b/include/linux/minix_fs.h
index 1ecc3cc..916e8f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/minix_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/minix_fs.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_MINIX_FS_H
#define _LINUX_MINIX_FS_H

+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
/*
* The minix filesystem constants/structures
*/
@@ -19,10 +21,6 @@ #define MINIX2_LINK_MAX 65530

#define MINIX_I_MAP_SLOTS 8
#define MINIX_Z_MAP_SLOTS 64
-#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC 0x137F /* original minix fs */
-#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x138F /* minix fs, 30 char names */
-#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x2468 /* minix V2 fs */
-#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x2478 /* minix V2 fs, 30 char names */
#define MINIX_VALID_FS 0x0001 /* Clean fs. */
#define MINIX_ERROR_FS 0x0002 /* fs has errors. */

diff --git a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
index d9035c7..bae62d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_MSDOS_FS_H
#define _LINUX_MSDOS_FS_H

+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
/*
* The MS-DOS filesystem constants/structures
*/
@@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ #define CT_LE_W(v) cpu_to_le16(v)
#define CT_LE_L(v) cpu_to_le32(v)


-#define MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x4d44 /* MD */
-
#define MSDOS_ROOT_INO 1 /* == MINIX_ROOT_INO */
#define MSDOS_DIR_BITS 5 /* log2(sizeof(struct msdos_dir_entry)) */

diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
index b208f0c..02e352b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #define _LINUX_NCP_FS_H
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/in.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

#include <linux/ipx.h>
#include <linux/ncp_no.h>
@@ -185,10 +186,6 @@ struct ncp_entry_info {
__u8 file_handle[6];
};

-/* Guess, what 0x564c is :-) */
-#define NCP_SUPER_MAGIC 0x564c
-
-
static inline struct ncp_server *NCP_SBP(struct super_block *sb)
{
return sb->s_fs_info;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 2474345..8ada5da 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

#include <linux/sunrpc/debug.h>
#include <linux/sunrpc/auth.h>
@@ -43,11 +44,6 @@ #define NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT (60*HZ)
#define NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT (600*HZ)

/*
- * superblock magic number for NFS
- */
-#define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x6969
-
-/*
* These are the default flags for swap requests
*/
#define NFS_RPC_SWAPFLAGS (RPC_TASK_SWAPPER|RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS)
diff --git a/include/linux/openprom_fs.h b/include/linux/openprom_fs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a837aab..0000000
--- a/include/linux/openprom_fs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H
-#define _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H
-
-/*
- * The openprom filesystem constants/structures
- */
-
-#define OPENPROM_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa1
-
-#endif /* _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 17e7578..3435ca3 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #define _LINUX_PROC_FS_H
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
#include <asm/atomic.h>

/*
@@ -24,8 +25,6 @@ enum {
PROC_ROOT_INO = 1,
};

-#define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa0
-
/*
* This is not completely implemented yet. The idea is to
* create an in-memory tree (like the actual /proc filesystem
diff --git a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
index 27f49c8..0c7ac44 100644
--- a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_QNX4_FS_H
#define _LINUX_QNX4_FS_H

#include <linux/qnxtypes.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

#define QNX4_ROOT_INO 1

@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ #define QNX4_FILE_FSYSCLEAN 0x20

#define QNX4_I_MAP_SLOTS 8
#define QNX4_Z_MAP_SLOTS 64
-#define QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC 0x002f /* qnx4 fs detection */
#define QNX4_VALID_FS 0x0001 /* Clean fs. */
#define QNX4_ERROR_FS 0x0002 /* fs has errors. */
#define QNX4_BLOCK_SIZE 0x200 /* blocksize of 512 bytes */
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index daa2d83..28493ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_REISER_FS_H
#define _LINUX_REISER_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -227,14 +229,6 @@ #define is_block_in_log_or_reserved_area
((!is_reiserfs_jr(SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(s)) ? \
SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(s) + 1 : SB_ONDISK_RESERVED_FOR_JOURNAL(s)))

- /* used by gcc */
-#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x52654973
- /* used by file system utilities that
- look at the superblock, etc. */
-#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsErFs"
-#define REISER2FS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr2Fs"
-#define REISER2FS_JR_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr3Fs"
-
int is_reiserfs_3_5(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
int is_reiserfs_3_6(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
int is_reiserfs_jr(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
diff --git a/include/linux/smb.h b/include/linux/smb.h
index b016220..6df3b15 100644
--- a/include/linux/smb.h
+++ b/include/linux/smb.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_SMB_H
#define _LINUX_SMB_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

enum smb_protocol {
SMB_PROTOCOL_NONE,
@@ -101,8 +102,6 @@ enum smb_conn_state {
CONN_RETRYING /* Currently trying to reconnect */
};

-#define SMB_SUPER_MAGIC 0x517B
-
#define SMB_HEADER_LEN 37 /* includes everything up to, but not
* including smb_bcc */

diff --git a/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h b/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
index 7b7aadb..617d8a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_USBDEVICE_FS_H
#define _LINUX_USBDEVICE_FS_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */

-#define USBDEVICE_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa2
-
/* usbdevfs ioctl codes */

struct usbdevfs_ctrltransfer {


2006-09-09 12:58:57

by Grzegorz Kulewski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
> need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
> filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
> get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
> and similar symbols.
>
> After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
> similar linux/magic.h.

But... if some patch changes this file (like adding new magic symbol) it
will cause large part of the kernel to rebuild without any good reason.
No?


Grzegorz Kulewski

2006-09-09 13:24:25

by Jeff Garzik

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
>> need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
>> filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
>> get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
>> and similar symbols.
>>
>> After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
>> similar linux/magic.h.
>
> But... if some patch changes this file (like adding new magic symbol) it
> will cause large part of the kernel to rebuild without any good reason. No?

No :)

* The days when linux/fs.h included individual filesystem headers is
long gone. Only the filesystems themselves typically include the
linux/foo_fs*.h files these days.

* It's not like we add new filesystems to the kernel very often.

Jeff


2006-09-09 13:28:43

by Sam Ravnborg

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 09:24:22AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
> >On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >>An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
> >>need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
> >>filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
> >>get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
> >>and similar symbols.
> >>
> >>After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
> >>similar linux/magic.h.
> >
> >But... if some patch changes this file (like adding new magic symbol) it
> >will cause large part of the kernel to rebuild without any good reason. No?
>
> No :)
>
> * The days when linux/fs.h included individual filesystem headers is
> long gone. Only the filesystems themselves typically include the
> linux/foo_fs*.h files these days.

But do we want one common set of magic numbers or do we try to divide it
up per subssystem. The lattter approach are used for many other purposes
so why not for magics too?
Or in other word magic.h => fs_magic.h

Sam

2006-09-09 13:44:22

by Jeff Garzik

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> But do we want one common set of magic numbers or do we try to divide it
> up per subssystem. The lattter approach are used for many other purposes
> so why not for magics too?
> Or in other word magic.h => fs_magic.h

It's a fair question. I would say, let need dictate the rename.

linux/poison.h covers many subsystems. And even across the entire
kernel, we don't often add magic numbers...

Jeff


2006-09-12 08:23:06

by Ian Kent

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:

>
> An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
> need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
> filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
> get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
> and similar symbols.
>
> After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
> similar linux/magic.h.
>
> We can see from the patch below that this permitted the deletion of a
> couple headers, where the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbol was the only thing in the
> entire header.
>
> Other non-filesystem-related magic numbers could get moved here
> eventually, if maintainers so desire, but I wanted to start off with the
> obvious low-hanging fruit.
>

Would be good to include autofs in this lot.

Defined in linux/autofs/autofs_i.h
Defined in linux/autofs4/autofs_i.h

as

#define AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0187

> The 'magic' branch of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git
>
> contains the following update:
>
> fs/affs/affs.h | 1 -
> fs/affs/super.c | 1 +
> fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h | 1 -
> fs/hpfs/super.c | 1 +
> fs/openpromfs/inode.c | 1 +
> include/linux/adfs_fs.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/affs_fs.h | 7 -------
> include/linux/coda_psdev.h | 4 ++--
> include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h | 3 +--
> include/linux/ext2_fs.h | 6 +-----
> include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 6 +-----
> include/linux/hpfs_fs.h | 8 --------
> include/linux/iso_fs.h | 6 +++---
> include/linux/jffs2.h | 4 ++--
> include/linux/magic.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/minix_fs.h | 6 ++----
> include/linux/msdos_fs.h | 4 ++--
> include/linux/ncp_fs.h | 5 +----
> include/linux/nfs_fs.h | 6 +-----
> include/linux/openprom_fs.h | 10 ----------
> include/linux/proc_fs.h | 3 +--
> include/linux/qnx4_fs.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h | 10 ++--------
> include/linux/smb.h | 3 +--
> include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h | 3 +--
> 25 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
> index 0ddd4cc..1dc8438 100644
> --- a/fs/affs/affs.h
> +++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
> -#include <linux/affs_fs.h>
> #include <linux/amigaffs.h>
>
> /* AmigaOS allows file names with up to 30 characters length.
> diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
> index 5200f49..1735201 100644
> --- a/fs/affs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/affs/super.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/statfs.h>
> #include <linux/parser.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> #include "affs.h"
>
> extern struct timezone sys_tz;
> diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
> index f687d54..32ab51e 100644
> --- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
> +++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/pagemap.h>
> #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
> -#include <linux/hpfs_fs.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
>
> diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
> index f798480..8fe51c3 100644
> --- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/parser.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/statfs.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /* Mark the filesystem dirty, so that chkdsk checks it when os/2 booted */
>
> diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
> index 93a56bd..a6ad105 100644
> --- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/openprom_fs.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> #include <asm/openprom.h>
> #include <asm/oplib.h>
> diff --git a/include/linux/adfs_fs.h b/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
> index 4a5d50c..ef788c2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/adfs_fs.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #ifndef _ADFS_FS_H
> #define _ADFS_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /*
> * Disc Record at disc address 0xc00
> @@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ #define ADFS_DISCRECORD (0xc00)
> #define ADFS_DR_OFFSET (0x1c0)
> #define ADFS_DR_SIZE 60
> #define ADFS_DR_SIZE_BITS (ADFS_DR_SIZE << 3)
> -#define ADFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadf5
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> #include <linux/adfs_fs_i.h>
> diff --git a/include/linux/affs_fs.h b/include/linux/affs_fs.h
> deleted file mode 100644
> index c57b5ee..0000000
> --- a/include/linux/affs_fs.h
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
> -#ifndef _AFFS_FS_H
> -#define _AFFS_FS_H
> -/*
> - * The affs filesystem constants/structures
> - */
> -#define AFFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadff
> -#endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
> index 98f6c52..b541bb3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/coda_psdev.h
> @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
> #ifndef __CODA_PSDEV_H
> #define __CODA_PSDEV_H
>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> #define CODA_PSDEV_MAJOR 67
> #define MAX_CODADEVS 5 /* how many do we allow */
>
> -#define CODA_SUPER_MAGIC 0x73757245
> -
> struct kstatfs;
>
> struct coda_sb_info
> diff --git a/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
> index c76088b..ff1945e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efs_fs_sb.h
> @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
> #ifndef __EFS_FS_SB_H__
> #define __EFS_FS_SB_H__
>
> -/* statfs() magic number for EFS */
> -#define EFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x414A53
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /* EFS superblock magic numbers */
> #define EFS_MAGIC 0x072959
> diff --git a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
> index facf34e..33a1aa1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ext2_fs.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /*
> * The second extended filesystem constants/structures
> @@ -63,11 +64,6 @@ #define EXT2_UNDEL_DIR_INO 6 /* Undelet
> /* First non-reserved inode for old ext2 filesystems */
> #define EXT2_GOOD_OLD_FIRST_INO 11
>
> -/*
> - * The second extended file system magic number
> - */
> -#define EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
> -
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> #include <linux/ext2_fs_sb.h>
> static inline struct ext2_sb_info *EXT2_SB(struct super_block *sb)
> diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
> index 9f9cce7..0eed918 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT3_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_EXT3_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /*
> * The second extended filesystem constants/structures
> @@ -67,11 +68,6 @@ #define EXT3_JOURNAL_INO 8 /* Journal i
> #define EXT3_GOOD_OLD_FIRST_INO 11
>
> /*
> - * The second extended file system magic number
> - */
> -#define EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
> -
> -/*
> * Maximal count of links to a file
> */
> #define EXT3_LINK_MAX 32000
> diff --git a/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h b/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h
> deleted file mode 100644
> index a5028dd..0000000
> --- a/include/linux/hpfs_fs.h
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
> -#ifndef _LINUX_HPFS_FS_H
> -#define _LINUX_HPFS_FS_H
> -
> -/* HPFS magic number (word 0 of block 16) */
> -
> -#define HPFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xf995e849
> -
> -#endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/iso_fs.h b/include/linux/iso_fs.h
> index 4796787..4688ac4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iso_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iso_fs.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ #ifndef _ISOFS_FS_H
> #define _ISOFS_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> /*
> * The isofs filesystem constants/structures
> */
> @@ -160,6 +162,4 @@ #define ISOFS_BLOCK_SIZE 2048
> #define ISOFS_BUFFER_SIZE(INODE) ((INODE)->i_sb->s_blocksize)
> #define ISOFS_BUFFER_BITS(INODE) ((INODE)->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits)
>
> -#define ISOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9660
> -
> -#endif
> +#endif /* _ISOFS_FS_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/jffs2.h b/include/linux/jffs2.h
> index c9c7607..840631f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/jffs2.h
> +++ b/include/linux/jffs2.h
> @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
> #ifndef __LINUX_JFFS2_H__
> #define __LINUX_JFFS2_H__
>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> /* You must include something which defines the C99 uintXX_t types.
> We don't do it from here because this file is used in too many
> different environments. */
>
> -#define JFFS2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x72b6
> -
> /* Values we may expect to find in the 'magic' field */
> #define JFFS2_OLD_MAGIC_BITMASK 0x1984
> #define JFFS2_MAGIC_BITMASK 0x1985
> diff --git a/include/linux/magic.h b/include/linux/magic.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c4ade90
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/magic.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +#ifndef __LINUX_MAGIC_H__
> +#define __LINUX_MAGIC_H__
> +
> +#define ADFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadf5
> +#define AFFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xadff
> +#define CODA_SUPER_MAGIC 0x73757245
> +#define EFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x414A53
> +#define EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
> +#define EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC 0xEF53
> +#define HPFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0xf995e849
> +#define ISOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9660
> +#define JFFS2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x72b6
> +
> +#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC 0x137F /* original minix fs */
> +#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x138F /* minix fs, 30 char names */
> +#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x2468 /* minix V2 fs */
> +#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x2478 /* minix V2 fs, 30 char names */
> +
> +#define MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x4d44 /* MD */
> +#define NCP_SUPER_MAGIC 0x564c /* Guess, what 0x564c is :-) */
> +#define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x6969
> +#define OPENPROM_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa1
> +#define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa0
> +#define QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC 0x002f /* qnx4 fs detection */
> +
> +#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x52654973 /* used by gcc */
> + /* used by file system utilities that
> + look at the superblock, etc. */
> +#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsErFs"
> +#define REISER2FS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr2Fs"
> +#define REISER2FS_JR_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr3Fs"
> +
> +#define SMB_SUPER_MAGIC 0x517B
> +#define USBDEVICE_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa2
> +
> +#endif /* __LINUX_MAGIC_H__ */
> diff --git a/include/linux/minix_fs.h b/include/linux/minix_fs.h
> index 1ecc3cc..916e8f7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/minix_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/minix_fs.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> #ifndef _LINUX_MINIX_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_MINIX_FS_H
>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> /*
> * The minix filesystem constants/structures
> */
> @@ -19,10 +21,6 @@ #define MINIX2_LINK_MAX 65530
>
> #define MINIX_I_MAP_SLOTS 8
> #define MINIX_Z_MAP_SLOTS 64
> -#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC 0x137F /* original minix fs */
> -#define MINIX_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x138F /* minix fs, 30 char names */
> -#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x2468 /* minix V2 fs */
> -#define MINIX2_SUPER_MAGIC2 0x2478 /* minix V2 fs, 30 char names */
> #define MINIX_VALID_FS 0x0001 /* Clean fs. */
> #define MINIX_ERROR_FS 0x0002 /* fs has errors. */
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
> index d9035c7..bae62d6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/msdos_fs.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> #ifndef _LINUX_MSDOS_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_MSDOS_FS_H
>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> /*
> * The MS-DOS filesystem constants/structures
> */
> @@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ #define CT_LE_W(v) cpu_to_le16(v)
> #define CT_LE_L(v) cpu_to_le32(v)
>
>
> -#define MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x4d44 /* MD */
> -
> #define MSDOS_ROOT_INO 1 /* == MINIX_ROOT_INO */
> #define MSDOS_DIR_BITS 5 /* log2(sizeof(struct msdos_dir_entry)) */
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
> index b208f0c..02e352b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ncp_fs.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #define _LINUX_NCP_FS_H
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> #include <linux/in.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> #include <linux/ipx.h>
> #include <linux/ncp_no.h>
> @@ -185,10 +186,6 @@ struct ncp_entry_info {
> __u8 file_handle[6];
> };
>
> -/* Guess, what 0x564c is :-) */
> -#define NCP_SUPER_MAGIC 0x564c
> -
> -
> static inline struct ncp_server *NCP_SBP(struct super_block *sb)
> {
> return sb->s_fs_info;
> diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
> index 2474345..8ada5da 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/pagemap.h>
> #include <linux/rwsem.h>
> #include <linux/wait.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> #include <linux/sunrpc/debug.h>
> #include <linux/sunrpc/auth.h>
> @@ -43,11 +44,6 @@ #define NFS_MAX_UDP_TIMEOUT (60*HZ)
> #define NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT (600*HZ)
>
> /*
> - * superblock magic number for NFS
> - */
> -#define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x6969
> -
> -/*
> * These are the default flags for swap requests
> */
> #define NFS_RPC_SWAPFLAGS (RPC_TASK_SWAPPER|RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS)
> diff --git a/include/linux/openprom_fs.h b/include/linux/openprom_fs.h
> deleted file mode 100644
> index a837aab..0000000
> --- a/include/linux/openprom_fs.h
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
> -#ifndef _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H
> -#define _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H
> -
> -/*
> - * The openprom filesystem constants/structures
> - */
> -
> -#define OPENPROM_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa1
> -
> -#endif /* _LINUX_OPENPROM_FS_H */
> diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> index 17e7578..3435ca3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #define _LINUX_PROC_FS_H
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> #include <asm/atomic.h>
>
> /*
> @@ -24,8 +25,6 @@ enum {
> PROC_ROOT_INO = 1,
> };
>
> -#define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa0
> -
> /*
> * This is not completely implemented yet. The idea is to
> * create an in-memory tree (like the actual /proc filesystem
> diff --git a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
> index 27f49c8..0c7ac44 100644
> --- a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_QNX4_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_QNX4_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/qnxtypes.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> #define QNX4_ROOT_INO 1
>
> @@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ #define QNX4_FILE_FSYSCLEAN 0x20
>
> #define QNX4_I_MAP_SLOTS 8
> #define QNX4_Z_MAP_SLOTS 64
> -#define QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC 0x002f /* qnx4 fs detection */
> #define QNX4_VALID_FS 0x0001 /* Clean fs. */
> #define QNX4_ERROR_FS 0x0002 /* fs has errors. */
> #define QNX4_BLOCK_SIZE 0x200 /* blocksize of 512 bytes */
> diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
> index daa2d83..28493ff 100644
> --- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_REISER_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_REISER_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
> +
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> @@ -227,14 +229,6 @@ #define is_block_in_log_or_reserved_area
> ((!is_reiserfs_jr(SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(s)) ? \
> SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(s) + 1 : SB_ONDISK_RESERVED_FOR_JOURNAL(s)))
>
> - /* used by gcc */
> -#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x52654973
> - /* used by file system utilities that
> - look at the superblock, etc. */
> -#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsErFs"
> -#define REISER2FS_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr2Fs"
> -#define REISER2FS_JR_SUPER_MAGIC_STRING "ReIsEr3Fs"
> -
> int is_reiserfs_3_5(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
> int is_reiserfs_3_6(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
> int is_reiserfs_jr(struct reiserfs_super_block *rs);
> diff --git a/include/linux/smb.h b/include/linux/smb.h
> index b016220..6df3b15 100644
> --- a/include/linux/smb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/smb.h
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_SMB_H
> #define _LINUX_SMB_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> enum smb_protocol {
> SMB_PROTOCOL_NONE,
> @@ -101,8 +102,6 @@ enum smb_conn_state {
> CONN_RETRYING /* Currently trying to reconnect */
> };
>
> -#define SMB_SUPER_MAGIC 0x517B
> -
> #define SMB_HEADER_LEN 37 /* includes everything up to, but not
> * including smb_bcc */
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h b/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
> index 7b7aadb..617d8a1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h
> @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_USBDEVICE_FS_H
> #define _LINUX_USBDEVICE_FS_H
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/magic.h>
>
> /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
>
> -#define USBDEVICE_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9fa2
> -
> /* usbdevfs ioctl codes */
>
> struct usbdevfs_ctrltransfer {
> -
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2006-09-12 09:35:56

by Jan Engelhardt

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers



>> +#define NCP_SUPER_MAGIC 0x564c /* Guess, what 0x564c is :-) */

*yawn* Maps to (char[]){"V", "L"}, the author.


Jan Engelhardt
--

2006-09-12 12:30:45

by Jeff Garzik

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers

Ian Kent wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't
>> need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish
>> filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that
>> get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols,
>> and similar symbols.
>>
>> After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a
>> similar linux/magic.h.
>>
>> We can see from the patch below that this permitted the deletion of a
>> couple headers, where the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbol was the only thing in the
>> entire header.
>>
>> Other non-filesystem-related magic numbers could get moved here
>> eventually, if maintainers so desire, but I wanted to start off with the
>> obvious low-hanging fruit.
>>
>
> Would be good to include autofs in this lot.
>
> Defined in linux/autofs/autofs_i.h
> Defined in linux/autofs4/autofs_i.h
>
> as
>
> #define AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0187

Updated.

Andrew, please add the "magic" branch of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git

to the list of trees you pull.

Thanks,

Jeff