linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v3 29/59] simplify the callers of do_open

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Message-ID: <20251216035518.4037331-30-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:54:48 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	brauner@...nel.org,
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Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 29/59] simplify the callers of do_open_execat()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/exec.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index b7d8081d12ea..5b4110c7522e 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -815,14 +815,8 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
  */
 struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 {
-	struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
-	struct file *f = ERR_CAST(filename);
-
-	if (!IS_ERR(filename)) {
-		f = do_open_execat(AT_FDCWD, filename, 0);
-		putname(filename);
-	}
-	return f;
+	CLASS(filename_kernel, filename)(name);
+	return do_open_execat(AT_FDCWD, filename, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
 
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