Re: [PATCH] vfs: remove always taken if-branch in find_next_fd()

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:18:01 +0200, Jori Koolstra wrote:
> find_next_fd() finds the next free fd slot in the passed fdtable's
> bitmap. It does so in two steps: first it checks whether the bitmap
> has a free entry in the word containing start. If not, it looks at
> second level bitmap that registers which words in the first level bitmap
> are full and then looks at the first level bitmap at the first non-full
> word.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-7.2.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-7.2.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-7.2.misc

[1/1] vfs: remove always taken if-branch in find_next_fd()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/935b31c6835c