linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] eventfd: convert to f_op->read

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Date:   Sat, 2 May 2020 00:12:31 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] eventfd: convert to f_op->read_iter()

On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 01:11:09PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> +	flags &= EFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS;
> +	flags |= O_RDWR;
> +	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
>  	if (fd < 0)
> -		eventfd_free_ctx(ctx);
> +		goto err;
> +
> +	file = anon_inode_getfile("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx, flags);
> +	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
> +		put_unused_fd(fd);
> +		fd = PTR_ERR(file);
> +		goto err;
> +	}
>  
> +	file->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT;
> +	fd_install(fd, file);
> +	return fd;
> +err:
> +	eventfd_free_ctx(ctx);
>  	return fd;
>  }

Looks sane...  I can take it via vfs.git, or leave it for you if you
have other stuff in the same area...