@@ -131,20 +131,15 @@ static int __init init_fs_stat_sysctls(void)
fs_initcall(init_fs_stat_sysctls);
#endif
-static struct file *__alloc_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
+static int init_file(struct file *f, int flags, const struct cred *cred)
{
- struct file *f;
int error;
- f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (unlikely(!f))
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
f->f_cred = get_cred(cred);
error = security_file_alloc(f);
if (unlikely(error)) {
file_free_rcu(&f->f_rcuhead);
- return ERR_PTR(error);
+ return error;
}
atomic_long_set(&f->f_count, 1);
@@ -155,7 +150,7 @@ static struct file *__alloc_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
f->f_mode = OPEN_FMODE(flags);
/* f->f_version: 0 */
- return f;
+ return 0;
}
/* Find an unused file structure and return a pointer to it.
@@ -172,6 +167,7 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
{
static long old_max;
struct file *f;
+ int error;
/*
* Privileged users can go above max_files
@@ -185,9 +181,15 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
goto over;
}
- f = __alloc_file(flags, cred);
- if (!IS_ERR(f))
- percpu_counter_inc(&nr_files);
+ f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (unlikely(!f))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ error = init_file(f, flags, cred);
+ if (unlikely(error))
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+ percpu_counter_inc(&nr_files);
return f;
@@ -203,14 +205,23 @@ struct file *alloc_empty_file(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
/*
* Variant of alloc_empty_file() that doesn't check and modify nr_files.
*
- * Should not be used unless there's a very good reason to do so.
+ * This is only for kernel internal use, and the allocate file must not be
+ * installed into file tables or such.
*/
struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int flags, const struct cred *cred)
{
- struct file *f = __alloc_file(flags, cred);
+ struct file *f;
+ int error;
+
+ f = kmem_cache_zalloc(filp_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (unlikely(!f))
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ error = init_file(f, flags, cred);
+ if (unlikely(error))
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
- if (!IS_ERR(f))
- f->f_mode |= FMODE_NOACCOUNT;
+ f->f_mode |= FMODE_NOACCOUNT;
return f;
}
Use a common helper init_file() instead of __alloc_file() for alloc_empty_file*() helpers and improrve the documentation. This is needed for a follow up patch that allocates a backing_file container. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> --- fs/file_table.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)