Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/2] anon-inodes: Remove fd_install() fromanon_inode_getfd()

[Davide Libenzi]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Roland Dreier wrote:

>  > > The anonymous inodes interface anon_inode_getfd() calls fd_install()
>  > > for the newly created fd, which does not work for some use cases where
>  > > the caller must do futher initialization before exposing the file to
>  > > userspace.  This is also probably not the safest interface, since the
>  > > caller must be sure that it is OK if userspace closes the fd before
>  > > anon_inode_getfd() even returns.
>  > 
>  > I believe Al changed the interface to not give out inode* and file*, *and* 
>  > call fd_install() inside it. I'd slightly prefer Al version, although I 
>  > don't see any major problems in this one too.
> 
> Any pointer to that patch?  A web search for "viro" and
> "anon_inode_getfd" doesn't turn up anything likely looking.

It's inside his vfs git tree:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6.git;a=commit;h=49be4f8114e6ff0efdab10ebba2493fb67bc3034

I'm fine with both approaches.



- Davide


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