linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 22/27] anon_inode_getfile(): switch to alloc_file

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Date:   Mon,  9 Jul 2018 05:54:12 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 22/27] anon_inode_getfile(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/anon_inodes.c | 29 ++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index bf952939a1d3..7e13edd23db1 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 				const struct file_operations *fops,
 				void *priv, int flags)
 {
-	struct qstr this;
-	struct path path;
 	struct file *file;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
@@ -82,29 +80,15 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	/*
-	 * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
-	 * using the inode sequence number.
-	 */
-	file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	this.name = name;
-	this.len = strlen(name);
-	this.hash = 0;
-	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb, &this);
-	if (!path.dentry)
-		goto err_module;
-
-	path.mnt = mntget(anon_inode_mnt);
-	/*
 	 * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
 	 * so ihold() is safe.
 	 */
 	ihold(anon_inode_inode);
-
-	d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode);
-
-	file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags) | FMODE_OPENED, fops);
+	file = alloc_file_pseudo(anon_inode_inode, anon_inode_mnt, name,
+				 OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto err_dput;
+		goto err;
+
 	file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
 
 	file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
@@ -112,9 +96,8 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 
 	return file;
 
-err_dput:
-	path_put(&path);
-err_module:
+err:
+	iput(anon_inode_inode);
 	module_put(fops->owner);
 	return file;
 }
-- 
2.11.0