linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] 9p-trans_fd: don't do fs segment mangling in p9_fd

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:50:54 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	ericvh@...il.com, rminnich@...dia.gov,
	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] 9p-trans_fd: don't do fs segment mangling in p9_fd_poll()

p9_fd_poll() is never called with user pointers and f_op->poll()
doesn't expect its arguments to be from userland.  There's no need to
set kernel ds before calling f_op->poll() from p9_fd_poll().  Remove
it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 net/9p/trans_fd.c |   14 +++-----------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index 6c88e89..f6d4af1 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,6 @@ p9_fd_poll(struct p9_trans *trans, struct poll_table_struct *pt)
 {
 	int ret, n;
 	struct p9_trans_fd *ts = NULL;
-	mm_segment_t oldfs;
 
 	if (trans && trans->status == Connected)
 		ts = trans->priv;
@@ -1358,24 +1357,17 @@ p9_fd_poll(struct p9_trans *trans, struct poll_table_struct *pt)
 	if (!ts->wr->f_op || !ts->wr->f_op->poll)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	oldfs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-
 	ret = ts->rd->f_op->poll(ts->rd, pt);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto end;
+		return ret;
 
 	if (ts->rd != ts->wr) {
 		n = ts->wr->f_op->poll(ts->wr, pt);
-		if (n < 0) {
-			ret = n;
-			goto end;
-		}
+		if (n < 0)
+			return n;
 		ret = (ret & ~POLLOUT) | (n & ~POLLIN);
 	}
 
-end:
-	set_fs(oldfs);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.4.5

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