diff --git a/rust/kernel/file.rs b/rust/kernel/file.rs
index a3002c416dbb..af1eb1ee9267 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/file.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/file.rs
@@ -457,9 +457,15 @@ impl<A: OpenAdapter<T::OpenData>, T: Operations> OperationsVtable<A, T> {
             // `fileref` never outlives this function, so it is guaranteed to be
             // valid.
             let fileref = unsafe { File::from_ptr(file) };
+
+            // SAFETY: into_foreign was called in fs::NewSuperBlock<..., NeedsInit>::init and
+            // it is valid until from_foreign will be called in fs::Tables::free_callback
+            let fs_info =
+                unsafe { <T::Filesystem as fs::Type>::Data::borrow((*(*inode).i_sb).s_fs_info) };
+
             // SAFETY: `arg` was previously returned by `A::convert` and must
             // be a valid non-null pointer.
-            let ptr = T::open(unsafe { &*arg }, fileref)?.into_foreign();
+            let ptr = T::open(fs_info, unsafe { &*arg }, fileref)?.into_foreign();
             // SAFETY: The C contract guarantees that `private_data` is available
             // for implementers of the file operations (no other C code accesses
             // it), so we know that there are no concurrent threads/CPUs accessing
@@ -930,10 +936,17 @@ pub trait Operations {
     /// The type of the context data passed to [`Operations::open`].
     type OpenData: Sync = ();
 
+    /// Data associated with each file system instance.
+    type Filesystem: fs::Type;
+
     /// Creates a new instance of this file.
     ///
     /// Corresponds to the `open` function pointer in `struct file_operations`.
-    fn open(context: &Self::OpenData, file: &File) -> Result<Self::Data>;
+    fn open(
+        fs_info: <<Self::Filesystem as fs::Type>::Data as ForeignOwnable>::Borrowed<'_>,
+        context: &Self::OpenData,
+        file: &File,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Data>;
 
     /// Cleans up after the last reference to the file goes away.
     ///
diff --git a/samples/rust/puzzlefs.rs b/samples/rust/puzzlefs.rs
index 9afd82745b64..8a64e0bd437d 100644
--- a/samples/rust/puzzlefs.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/puzzlefs.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 //! Rust file system sample.
 
 use kernel::module_fs;
+use kernel::mount::Vfsmount;
 use kernel::prelude::*;
-use kernel::{c_str, file, fs, io_buffer::IoBufferWriter};
+use kernel::{
+    c_str, file, fmt, fs,
+    io_buffer::IoBufferWriter,
+    str::CString,
+    sync::{Arc, ArcBorrow},
+};
 
 mod puzzle;
 // Required by the autogenerated '_capnp.rs' files
@@ -19,6 +25,12 @@
 
 struct PuzzleFsModule;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct PuzzlefsInfo {
+    base_path: CString,
+    vfs_mount: Arc<Vfsmount>,
+}
+
 #[vtable]
 impl fs::Context<Self> for PuzzleFsModule {
     type Data = ();
@@ -46,14 +58,23 @@ fn try_new() -> Result {
 impl fs::Type for PuzzleFsModule {
     type Context = Self;
     type INodeData = &'static [u8];
+    type Data = Box<PuzzlefsInfo>;
     const SUPER_TYPE: fs::Super = fs::Super::Independent;
     const NAME: &'static CStr = c_str!("puzzlefs");
     const FLAGS: i32 = fs::flags::USERNS_MOUNT;
     const DCACHE_BASED: bool = true;
 
     fn fill_super(_data: (), sb: fs::NewSuperBlock<'_, Self>) -> Result<&fs::SuperBlock<Self>> {
+        let base_path = CString::try_from_fmt(fmt!("hello world"))?;
+        pr_info!("base_path {:?}\n", base_path);
+        let vfs_mount = Vfsmount::new_private_mount(c_str!("/home/puzzlefs_oci"))?;
+        pr_info!("vfs_mount {:?}\n", vfs_mount);
+
         let sb = sb.init(
-            (),
+            Box::try_new(PuzzlefsInfo {
+                base_path,
+                vfs_mount: Arc::try_new(vfs_mount)?,
+            })?,
             &fs::SuperParams {
                 magic: 0x72757374,
                 ..fs::SuperParams::DEFAULT
@@ -88,14 +109,23 @@ fn fill_super(_data: (), sb: fs::NewSuperBlock<'_, Self>) -> Result<&fs::SuperBl
 
 #[vtable]
 impl file::Operations for FsFile {
+    // must be the same as INodeData
     type OpenData = &'static [u8];
+    type Filesystem = PuzzleFsModule;
+    // this is an Arc because Data must be ForeignOwnable and the only implementors of it are Box,
+    // Arc and (); we cannot pass a reference to read, so we share Vfsmount using and Arc
+    type Data = Arc<Vfsmount>;
 
-    fn open(_context: &Self::OpenData, _file: &file::File) -> Result<Self::Data> {
-        Ok(())
+    fn open(
+        fs_info: &PuzzlefsInfo,
+        _context: &Self::OpenData,
+        _file: &file::File,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Data> {
+        Ok(fs_info.vfs_mount.clone())
     }
 
     fn read(
-        _data: (),
+        data: ArcBorrow<'_, Vfsmount>,
         file: &file::File,
         writer: &mut impl IoBufferWriter,
         offset: u64,
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_fs.rs b/samples/rust/rust_fs.rs
index 7527681ee024..c58ed1560e06 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_fs.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_fs.rs
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ fn fill_super(_data: (), sb: fs::NewSuperBlock<'_, Self>) -> Result<&fs::SuperBl
 #[vtable]
 impl file::Operations for FsFile {
     type OpenData = &'static [u8];
+    type Filesystem = RustFs;
 
-    fn open(_context: &Self::OpenData, _file: &file::File) -> Result<Self::Data> {
+    fn open(_fs_info: (), _context: &Self::OpenData, _file: &file::File) -> Result<Self::Data> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
