[PATCH] fs/file_table.c: Update alloc_file() comment

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Sun Oct 12 2014 - 15:33:07 EST


This comment is 5 years outdated; init_file() no longer exists.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file_table.c | 12 ++----------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 0bab12b..3f85411 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -150,18 +150,10 @@ over:

/**
* alloc_file - allocate and initialize a 'struct file'
- * @mnt: the vfsmount on which the file will reside
- * @dentry: the dentry representing the new file
+ *
+ * @path: the (dentry, vfsmount) pair for 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 path *path, fmode_t mode,
const struct file_operations *fop)
--
2.1.2

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