Re: [PATCH] fuse: don't check for file->private_data on open().

[Martin Kepplinger]

Am 2014-11-12 um 17:31 schrieb Martin Kepplinger:
> The miscdevice core now sets file->private_data to the struct miscdevice
> so don't fail when this is not NULL.
> 
> Reported-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is a question: what does this check provide and does overwriting
> file->private_data make any difference?
> 
> Is open() by the user not allowed here, if file->private_data is set?
> 
> thanks!!
> 

if ok, please add

Reported-by: Giedrius Statkevicius <giedriuswork@xxxxxxxxx>

thanks
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