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[v2,10/24] file: Rename fcheck lookup_fd_rcu

Message ID 20201120231441.29911-10-ebiederm@xmission.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2,01/24] exec: Move unshare_files to fix posix file locking during exec | expand

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Eric W. Biederman Nov. 20, 2020, 11:14 p.m. UTC
Also remove the confusing comment about checking if a fd exists.  I
could not find one instance in the entire kernel that still matches
the description or the reason for the name fcheck.

The need for better names became apparent in the last round of
discussion of this set of changes[1].

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wj8BQbgJFLa+J0e=iT-1qpmCRTbPAJ8gd6MJQ=kbRPqyQ@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/files.rst          | 6 +++---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c | 2 +-
 fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c                  | 2 +-
 include/linux/fdtable.h                      | 8 ++++----
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
index ea75acdb632c..bcf84459917f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@  the fdtable structure -
    be held.
 
 4. To look up the file structure given an fd, a reader
-   must use either fcheck() or files_lookup_fd_rcu() APIs. These
+   must use either lookup_fd_rcu() or files_lookup_fd_rcu() APIs. These
    take care of barrier requirements due to lock-free lookup.
 
    An example::
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@  the fdtable structure -
 	struct file *file;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = fcheck(fd);
+	file = lookup_fd_rcu(fd);
 	if (file) {
 		...
 	}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@  the fdtable structure -
    lock-free, they must be installed using rcu_assign_pointer()
    API. If they are looked up lock-free, rcu_dereference()
    must be used. However it is advisable to use files_fdtable()
-   and fcheck()/files_lookup_fd_rcu() which take care of these issues.
+   and lookup_fd_rcu()/files_lookup_fd_rcu() which take care of these issues.
 
 7. While updating, the fdtable pointer must be looked up while
    holding files->file_lock. If ->file_lock is dropped, then
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
index 026c181a98c5..60b5583e9eaf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/coredump.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@  static struct spu_context *coredump_next_context(int *fd)
 	*fd = n - 1;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = fcheck(*fd);
+	file = lookup_fd_rcu(*fd);
 	ctx = SPUFS_I(file_inode(file))->i_ctx;
 	get_spu_context(ctx);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
index 5dcda8f20c04..5486aaca60b0 100644
--- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@  int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	f = fcheck(fd);
+	f = lookup_fd_rcu(fd);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* if (f != filp) means that we lost a race and another task/thread
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index fa8c402a7790..2a4a8fed536e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@  static inline struct file *files_lookup_fd_rcu(struct files_struct *files, unsig
 	return files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd);
 }
 
-/*
- * Check whether the specified fd has an open file.
- */
-#define fcheck(fd)	files_lookup_fd_rcu(current->files, fd)
+static inline struct file *lookup_fd_rcu(unsigned int fd)
+{
+	return files_lookup_fd_rcu(current->files, fd);
+}
 
 struct task_struct;