linux-kernel - misuse of fget_raw() in perf_event

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Message-ID: <20190413210242.GP2217@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 13 Apr 2019 22:02:42 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: misuse of fget_raw() in perf_event_get()

	What's the point of using fget_raw(), if you do
_not_ accept O_PATH descriptors?  That should be fget()...