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Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:27:44 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        arnd@...db.de, ebiederm@...ssion.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, tglx@...utronix.de, tj@...nel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, jannh@...gle.com, luto@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cyphar@...har.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] pidfd: add P_PIDFD to waitid()

On 07/28, Christian Brauner wrote:
>
> +static struct pid *pidfd_get_pid(unsigned int fd)
> +{
> +	struct fd f;
> +	struct pid *pid;
> +
> +	f = fdget(fd);
> +	if (!f.file)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
> +
> +	pid = pidfd_pid(f.file);
> +	if (!IS_ERR(pid))
> +		get_pid(pid);
> +
> +	fdput(f);
> +	return pid;
> +}

Agreed, this looks better than the previous version.

FWIW,

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>