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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:33:25 +0530 From: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: krkumar2@...ibm.com, Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com> Subject: [PATCH] mm: do_generic_file_read() doesn't need to validate filp From: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com> do_generic_file_read() doesn't need to validate filp when accessing it. This is probably a remnant of an earlier code. Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com> --- mm/filemap.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -ruNp 2.6.27-rc7-org/mm/filemap.c 2.6.27-rc7-new/mm/filemap.c --- 2.6.27-rc7-org/mm/filemap.c 2008-09-17 12:53:25.000000000 +0530 +++ 2.6.27-rc7-new/mm/filemap.c 2008-09-17 12:53:59.000000000 +0530 @@ -1186,8 +1186,7 @@ out: ra->prev_pos |= prev_offset; *ppos = ((loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + offset; - if (filp) - file_accessed(filp); + file_accessed(filp); } int file_read_actor(read_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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