linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] ipc: Use __seq_open_private() instead of seq

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:06:37 +0100
From:	Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, jbaron@...mai.com, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	penberg@...nel.org, mpm@...enic.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...ethink.co.uk, rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ipc: Use __seq_open_private() instead of seq_open()

Using __seq_open_private() removes boilerplate code from
sysvipc_proc_open().

The resultant code is shorter and easier to follow.

However, please note that  __seq_open_private() call kzalloc() rather than
kmalloc() which may affect timing due to the memory initialisation overhead.

Signed-off-by: Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 ipc/util.c |   20 ++++----------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 2eb0d1e..98cb51d 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -892,28 +892,16 @@ static const struct seq_operations sysvipc_proc_seqops = {
 
 static int sysvipc_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	int ret;
-	struct seq_file *seq;
 	struct ipc_proc_iter *iter;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	iter = kmalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+	iter = __seq_open_private(file, &sysvipc_proc_seqops, sizeof(*iter));
 	if (!iter)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = seq_open(file, &sysvipc_proc_seqops);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(iter);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = iter;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	iter->iface = PDE_DATA(inode);
 	iter->ns    = get_ipc_ns(current->nsproxy->ipc_ns);
-out:
-	return ret;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sysvipc_proc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-- 
1.7.10.4

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