linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] vfs, fdtable: Add get_task

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Date:   Sun, 5 Jan 2020 13:47:49 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, tycho@...ho.ws, jannh@...gle.com,
        cyphar@...har.com, oleg@...hat.com, luto@...capital.net,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, gpascutto@...illa.com,
        ealvarez@...illa.com, fweimer@...hat.com, jld@...illa.com,
        arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] vfs, fdtable: Add get_task_file helper

On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 08:29:26AM -0800, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> This introduces a function which can be used to fetch a file, given an
> arbitrary task. As long as the user holds a reference (refcnt) to the
> task_struct it is safe to call, and will either return NULL on failure,
> or a pointer to the file, with a refcnt.
> 
> This patch is based on Oleg Nesterov's (cf. [1]) patch from September
> 2018.
> 
> [1]: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20180915160423.GA31461@redhat.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
> Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

Nit: the patch is titled "vfs, fdtable: Add get_task_file helper"
but the actual helper is called fget_task()