linux-kernel - Re: Anonymous inode cleanup?

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Message-ID: <20151118210615.GE22011@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:06:16 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Rajat Jain <rajatxjain@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Anonymous inode cleanup?

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:28:38PM -0800, Rajat Jain wrote:

> > _If_ you are returning them via a sucky API, the right sequence is
> >         reserve the descriptor(s)
> >         set the file(s) up
> >         fill whatever structure you'll be using to report descriptors to
> > userland and copy it to userland memory
> 
> If this step fails, what is the cleanup needed for "set the files up"
> anon_inode_getfile() step? is it fput()?

Yes.
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