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-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/dir.c5
-rw-r--r--fs/file_table.c60
-rw-r--r--fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c22
3 files changed, 72 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 2f436d4f1d6d..50ed691098bc 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int init_dir(struct inode * inode)
return 0;
}
-static int init_file(struct inode * inode)
+static int configfs_init_file(struct inode * inode)
{
inode->i_size = PAGE_SIZE;
inode->i_fop = &configfs_file_operations;
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * den
dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd);
sd->s_dentry = dentry;
- error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, init_file);
+ error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG,
+ configfs_init_file);
if (error) {
configfs_put(sd);
return error;
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index ce3f39a4798a..3176fefc92e1 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -137,6 +137,66 @@ fail:
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_empty_filp);
+/**
+ * alloc_file - allocate and initialize a 'struct file'
+ * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file will reside
+ * @dentry: the dentry representing the new file
+ * @mode: the mode with which the new file will be opened
+ * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for the new file
+ *
+ * Use this instead of get_empty_filp() to get a new
+ * 'struct file'. Do so because of the same initialization
+ * pitfalls reasons listed for init_file(). This is a
+ * preferred interface to using init_file().
+ *
+ * If all the callers of init_file() are eliminated, its
+ * code should be moved into this function.
+ */
+struct file *alloc_file(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+ mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
+{
+ struct file *file;
+ struct path;
+
+ file = get_empty_filp();
+ if (!file)
+ return NULL;
+
+ init_file(file, mnt, dentry, mode, fop);
+ return file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_file);
+
+/**
+ * init_file - initialize a 'struct file'
+ * @file: the already allocated 'struct file' to initialized
+ * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file resides
+ * @dentry: the dentry representing this file
+ * @mode: the mode the file is opened with
+ * @fop: the 'struct file_operations' for this file
+ *
+ * Use this instead of setting the members directly. Doing so
+ * avoids making mistakes like forgetting the mntget() or
+ * forgetting to take a write on the mnt.
+ *
+ * Note: This is a crappy interface. It is here to make
+ * merging with the existing users of get_empty_filp()
+ * who have complex failure logic easier. All users
+ * of this should be moving to alloc_file().
+ */
+int init_file(struct file *file, struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+ mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fop)
+{
+ int error = 0;
+ file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
+ file->f_path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
+ file->f_mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+ file->f_mode = mode;
+ file->f_op = fop;
+ return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_file);
+
void fastcall fput(struct file *file)
{
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&file->f_count))
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 0f5df73dbb73..12aca8ed605f 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -933,16 +933,11 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size)
if (!dentry)
goto out_shm_unlock;
- error = -ENFILE;
- file = get_empty_filp();
- if (!file)
- goto out_dentry;
-
error = -ENOSPC;
inode = hugetlbfs_get_inode(root->d_sb, current->fsuid,
current->fsgid, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0);
if (!inode)
- goto out_file;
+ goto out_dentry;
error = -ENOMEM;
if (hugetlb_reserve_pages(inode, 0, size >> HPAGE_SHIFT))
@@ -951,17 +946,18 @@ struct file *hugetlb_file_setup(const char *name, size_t size)
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
inode->i_size = size;
inode->i_nlink = 0;
- file->f_path.mnt = mntget(hugetlbfs_vfsmount);
- file->f_path.dentry = dentry;
- file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
- file->f_op = &hugetlbfs_file_operations;
- file->f_mode = FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ;
+
+ error = -ENFILE;
+ file = alloc_file(hugetlbfs_vfsmount, dentry,
+ FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
+ &hugetlbfs_file_operations);
+ if (!file)
+ goto out_inode;
+
return file;
out_inode:
iput(inode);
-out_file:
- put_filp(file);
out_dentry:
dput(dentry);
out_shm_unlock: