linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] procfs: kill the global proc

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Date:	Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:16:03 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...e.fr>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] procfs: kill the global proc_mnt variable

From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

After the previous cleanup in proc_get_sb() the global proc_mnt has
no reasons to exists, kill it.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...e.fr>
---
 fs/proc/inode.c    |    2 --
 fs/proc/internal.h |    1 -
 fs/proc/root.c     |    7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 176ce4c..ee0f802 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		sysctl_head_put(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
 }
 
-struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
-
 static struct kmem_cache * proc_inode_cachep;
 
 static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 9ad561d..c03e8d3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 }
 void pde_put(struct proc_dir_entry *pde);
 
-extern struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
 int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *);
 struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index e5e2bfa..a9000e9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -90,19 +90,20 @@ static struct file_system_type proc_fs_type = {
 
 void __init proc_root_init(void)
 {
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	int err;
 
 	proc_init_inodecache();
 	err = register_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
 	if (err)
 		return;
-	proc_mnt = kern_mount_data(&proc_fs_type, &init_pid_ns);
-	if (IS_ERR(proc_mnt)) {
+	mnt = kern_mount_data(&proc_fs_type, &init_pid_ns);
+	if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
 		unregister_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	init_pid_ns.proc_mnt = proc_mnt;
+	init_pid_ns.proc_mnt = mnt;
 	proc_symlink("mounts", NULL, "self/mounts");
 
 	proc_net_init();
-- 
1.7.1

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