linux-kernel - get_unused_fd and get_unused_fd

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:33:35 +0300
From:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozancag@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, mcgrof@...nel.org
Subject: get_unused_fd and get_unused_fd_flags

Hi,

With,

commit 1027abe8827b47f7e9c4ed6514fde3d44f79963c
Author: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Wed Jul 30 04:13:04 2008 -0400

    [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd()

        New primitive: alloc_fd(start, flags).  get_unused_fd() and
    get_unused_fd_flags() become wrappers on top of it.

    Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Two wrappers get_unused_fd() and get_unused_fd_flags() are introduced.
get_unused_fd() is an exported one-liner:

int get_unused_fd(void)
{
        return alloc_fd(0, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unused_fd);

But get_unused_fd_flags() is implemented through a macro:

#define get_unused_fd_flags(flags) alloc_fd(0, (flags))

Both are wrappers around alloc_fd(). I'm quite new to this stuff but
why there's an asymmetry in here? One is exposed, the other is not.

(BTW: I'm doing compat-drm stuff for GSoC and I have to call
get_unused_fd_flags() but since alloc_fd() is not exported, this
doesn't work.)

Thanks :)

-- 
Ozan Çağlayan
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